Lief Erickson wrote:
>
> On 07-Mar-2000 Lief Erickson wrote:
> > The problem:
> > I can't ping my gateway address.
> >
> >
> > The setup:
> > I have Linux Mandrake 6.1 with two NICs:
> > eth0=3c595
> > eth1=3c900B
> >
> > DSL connection in bridging mode - not PPP! The NICs are running. I have
> > looked at netstat and route to try troubleshoot the problem, but
> everything
> > appears to be in order. I can ping each NIC and the localhost (127.0.0.1).
> I
> > have /etc/hosts and /etc/network configured.
> >
> > Additional hint: Actually, it's more than just the gateway that I cannot
> > ping, it's also any machine on my network.
> >
> >
> > The question:
> > What else can I do to diagnose what is wrong? Is there a checklist that I
> > could use? If so, where? I assume that there are some settings somewhere
> > that I missed.
>
> Thomas Berger responded: What does route say?
>
> Lief Erickson responds:
> Dest Gateway Genmask Fl
> Iface
> 198.144.7.125 * 255.255.255.255 UH eth0
> 198.144.7.0 198.144.7.125 255.255.255.0 UG eth0
> 198.144.7.0 * 255.255.255.0 U
> eth0
> 192.168.255.0 rabbit.woods.net 255.255.255.0 UG eth1
> <- internal only
> 192.168.255.0 * 255.255.255.0 U eth1
> 127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U
> lo
> default 198.144.7.1 0.0.0.0 UG eth0
>
> Thomas Berger continued: and what does ifconfig say?
>
> Lief Erickson responds (uninteresting stuff edited):
> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWAddr: some letters & numbers
> inet addr: 198.144.7.125 Bcast: 198.144.7.125
> Mask:255.255.255.0
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST
> Interrupt: 9 Base address: 0x7c80
>
> eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWAddr: some letters & numbers
> inet addr: 192.168.255.1 Bcast: 192.168.255.255
Whats this? your bcast is 192.168.255.1??
I have always been under the impression that you can not use
.0 or .255 in a ip addy, .0 is the network cable (if I am not mistaken)
and .255 would be the broadcast.
> Mask:255.255.255.0
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST
> Interrupt: 11 Base address: 0x7f80
>
> lo Link encap: Load Loopback
> UP LOOPBACK RUNNING Mask:255.0.0.0
>
> Thomas Berger continued: Is this DSL thingy a static IP or dynamically
> assigned?
>
> Lief Erickson responds:
> static
>
> I hope that someone can see something that I don't.
>
> -Lief Erickson
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
