I'm on the live cd, the IP address resolved :)
livecd ~ # livecd ~ # cat /etc/gentoo-release Gentoo Base System release 1.12.9 livecd ~ # livecd ~ # whoami root livecd ~ # livecd ~ # ping 192.168.2.1 connect: Network is unreachable livecd ~ # livecd ~ # ifconfig -a eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0D:88:37:FA:22 UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) Interrupt:21 eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:16:EC:23:AF:88 UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:1 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:590 (590.0 b) Interrupt:22 Base address:0xb000 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) livecd ~ # livecd ~ # dhcpcd eth0 up Error, timed out waiting for a valid DHCP server response livecd ~ # livecd ~ # dhcpcd eth1 up livecd ~ # livecd ~ # ping 192.168.2.1 PING 192.168.2.1 (192.168.2.1) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=1.91 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=255 time=1.81 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=255 time=1.41 ms --- 192.168.2.1 ping statistics --- 3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2001ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 1.412/1.713/1.916/0.217 ms livecd ~ # livecd ~ # ping www.google.com PING www.l.google.com (72.14.253.147) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from po-in-f147.google.com (72.14.253.147): icmp_seq=1 ttl=241 time=23.1 ms 64 bytes from po-in-f147.google.com (72.14.253.147): icmp_seq=2 ttl=241 time=22.0 ms 64 bytes from po-in-f147.google.com (72.14.253.147): icmp_seq=3 ttl=241 time=28.7 ms 64 bytes from po-in-f147.google.com (72.14.253.147): icmp_seq=4 ttl=241 time=28.5 ms --- www.l.google.com ping statistics --- 4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 3003ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 22.002/25.631/28.757/3.070 ms livecd ~ # livecd ~ # date Sun Jul 8 08:27:53 UTC 2007 livecd ~ # livecd ~ # Thanks, Thufir -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list