# fx > I don't quite understand this last sentence. The gateway number
# fx > should be
# fx > the LAN address of your router ... probably 10.234.16.99, based on
Yes, you are right.
# fx > what you
# fx > report below ... not (for example) the public address by which that
# fx > router
# fx > (probably) connects to the Internet via ADSL (or, even worse, the
# fx > router's
# fx > gateway address).
# fx > Preliminary comment: When asking for technical help, never tell us
# fx > what the
# fx > response is "something like". Take the time to write it down and tell
# fx > us
# fx > what it actually is, and the exact command it is response to.
# fx > Now ... you say first that you cannot ping to "any external IP
# fx > number", but
# fx > then refer to "external FQDN". Have you tested pinging an address ("(
# fx > e.g.
# fx > 18.7.22.69 )") or not? If not, please do ... in that case, James'
Already tried to ping to other IP numbers, but failed. I could only ping to
IP numbers of DNS servers of our ISP ( and even then, not to their names ).
# fx > Probably something RH does by default. There's an RFC standard for
Many thanks for your info.
# fx > >Data from /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/eth0.route as follows :
# fx > >
# fx > >GATEWAY1=10.234.16.99
# fx > >NETMASK1=255.255.0.0
# fx > >ADDRESS1=202.134.2.5
# fx > >GATEWAY0=10.234.16.99
# fx > >NETMASK0=255.255.0.0
# fx > >ADDRESS0=202.134.0.155
# fx >
# fx > What do the addresses in "ADDRESS1" and "ADDRESS0" refer to?
IP numbers of my ISP.
Very many thanks,
Frans T.
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