Ok, I am trying to get to the internet. I have changed my network address to 192.168.0.0. I sort of understand what you are saying about the address of the network was a host and I guess having it as the address of the gateway didn't help. But I don't understand what you mean by the 192.168.x.x address not being routable. I have already tried to reach the router/internet with this change in the network address and no luck. Do I really need an address there? I don't have NAT as far as I know, but I will look around. Thank you, Michael
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Irving" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Michael W. Cole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 3:14 PM Subject: Re: networking (offlist) > On Wed, Jul 25, 2001 at 02:47:15PM -0400, Michael W. Cole wrote: > > I am using linux 2.2.19-20010521 on a IIci and am trying to have it > > recognize my router so that I can start to upload the software to > > complete the system. I am using this version because the earlier > > versions would not acknowledge my ethernet card. This one seems to but > > I have set up the network but I can't get it to ping the router or any > > of the other computers (Mac PPC and a Windoze) that are also connected > > to the router. I have followed the HOW-TO's for networking etc. > > /etc/network/interfaces is as follows: > > iface lo inet loopback > > > > iface eth0 inet static > > address 192.168.0.3 > > netmask 255.255.255.0 > > network 192.168.0.1 > > broadcast 192.168.0.255 > > gateway 192.168.0.1 > > > > I followed the route commands that were in the How-To > > ie route add -net 192.168.0.3 netmask 255.255.255.0 eth0 > > route add default gw 192.168.0.1 eth0 > > > > and these things seem to work they reshowed when route was reentered. > > > > What do I need to read now? I would like to be able to use my cable > > modem which is connected to the router and is accessible to the other > > two computers on this network. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > It's not clear to me whether you want to get out to the Internet or not, > but if so you'll need an address other than on the 192.168.x.x network, > since those addresses are not routable. Also the network addr shown is > a host address rather than a network; network addresses end in 0. If the > gateway is also capable of NAT (network address translation) then what > you have may work, since the NAT host changes outgoing packets to a valid > internet address. > > -- > Ken Irving <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >
