Re: networking prob
Hiya Kevin,
I assume that after the route command finishes you are still not on the
network. But i am not 100% clear on that from you letter. I know of a
temporary fix for this that may(??) work for you. I also have a Linksys
Cable/DSL router. Hopefully someone will respond with a real fix. Also, maybe
someone(a network guru to me) can explain a little better to me what the
-pointopoint option is in ifconfig with more detail than the man page. I
worked pretty hard to figure this out when I had trouble getting online and
needed to do it manually. I cracked open several man pages and did much
reading. The numbers used here are examples only. Here it is....
P3V4X:~# ifconfig eth0 down
P3V4X:~# ifconfig eth0 inet netmask 255.255.255.0 -pointopoint 192.168.1.100
address 192.168.1.100
P3V4X:~# route
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
P3V4X:~# route add default gw 192.168.1.1
P3V4X:~# route
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
default 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
Hope that helps somehow, and good luck,
Jimmy Richards
On Saturday 31 March 2001 17:07, Kevin C. Smith wrote:
> I installed Debian 2.2_R2 today on my second computer. It was running
> Redhat then Progeny RC1 just fine. After installing Debian I am unable to
> reach (ping) my gateway.
>
> #ifconfig (results are fine).
> #route (takes a long time to finish, taking time with default gateway,
> but when it does finish, 15 minutes later, results are fine).
>
> The correct module is loaded (tulip), the NIC is recognized during boot.
> Use the same NIC on the other computer running Debian unstable, without
> trouble.
>
> What am I missing. Progeny autoconfigured fine, so know I am missing
> something.
>
> PS. The lights on my Linksys Etherfast Cable router show the connection
> to this computer is failing every 10-15 seconds.
>
> Thanks,
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