first, i have used linux for close to five years, but this is the first
time i have tried any distro other than redhat. :) i know a fair amount
about linux, and i have compiled programs before, but i am not an
expert, as you will probably realize by the end of this email :)

so on to the problem.

i successfully installed gentoo linux 1.4rc4, and its on a dual boot
pc... redhat9/gentoo. i installed it from a stage2 tarball, and had it
optimized for my athlon-xp cpu. the live cd worked perfectly with my
nic, all i had to do was boot with "gentoo nodhcp" and run "net-setup
eth0" to configure my nic, as i have a static IP. it seems my nic uses
the "8139too" kernel module, as lsmod on the live cd, and on redhat9,
both seemed to use that module. i did what the gentoo install docs said,
putting a line containing "8139too" to /etc/modules.autoload, edited
/etc/conf.d/net to have my ip, gateway, etc all in it as it's
in-document comments told me to, and edited /etc/hosts, /etc/hostname
/etc/dnsdomainname, etc...here are my settings:

Static IP: 192.168.1.105
Network Device: eth0
Gateway: 192.168.1.1 (a linksys router--NOT performing dns services)
Broadcast: 192.168.1.255
Netmask: 255.255.255.0
DNS: 64.105.166.122 (NOTE: this is NOT a personal dns...it does NOT
cover my home lan...its from my isp.)

the problem is, i cant ping anothing but my mechine. ping localhost/ping
192.168.1.105 work, but ping 192.168.1.1/ping google.com don't work! i
dont know what is causing this! :/

after tring to seek help in #gentoo on irc.freenode.net, i didn't have
any success.

i am not sure if this is my problem, but when i run "route" on gentoo,
it prints this:

Kernel IP Routing Table
Destination    Gateway      Genmask         Flags  Metic Ref Use Iface
192.168.1.0    *              255.255.255.0 U        0      0    0   
eth0
loopback        localhost   255.0.0.0       UG      0      0    0    lo
default         192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0         UG      1      0    0   
eth0

shouldn't the top entry by 192.168.1.1....not 192.168.1.0??

also, when i am shown the login screen, it says: "This is farrell.(none)
(Linux i686...)" but it should read farrell.freemans.org! :( farrell is
my hostname, freemans.org is the domainname in my home LAN (NOT on the
internet!) i set /etc/hostname, and /etc/dnsdomain correctly...at least
as best i can tell. and i setup /etc/hosts correctly, afaik.

here are two screenshots (literally ^_-) of my screen showing this, in
case you don't quite get what i was saying earlier about route, my
hostname, etc:

http://reblended.com/www/upgrdman/01.jpg
http://reblended.com/www/upgrdman/02.jpg

and lastly, here is my /etc/conf.d/net file:

# /etc/conf.d/net:
# $Header: /home/cvsroot/gentoo-src/rc-scripts/etc/conf.d/net,v 1.7
2002/11/18 19:39:22 azarah Exp $
 
# Global config file for net.* rc-scripts
 
# This is basically the ifconfig argument without the ifconfig $iface
#
iface_eth0="192.168.1.105 broadcast 192.168.1.255 netmask 255.255.255.0"
#iface_eth1="207.170.82.202 broadcast 207.0.255.255 netmask 255.255.0.0"
 
# For DHCP set iface_eth? to "dhcp"
# For passing options to dhcpcd use dhcpcd_eth?
#
#iface_eth0="dhcp"
#dhcpcd_eth0="..."
 
# For adding aliases to a interface
#
#alias_eth0="192.168.0.3 192.168.0.4"
 
# NB:  The next is only used for aliases.
#
# To add a custom netmask/broadcast address to created aliases,
# uncomment and change accordingly.  Leave commented to assign
# defaults for that interface.
#
#broadcast_eth0="192.168.0.255 192.168.0.255"
#netmask_eth0="255.255.255.0 255.255.255.0"
 
 
# For setting the default gateway
#
gateway="eth0/192.168.1.1"
 

thanks,

farrell farahbod


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