Re: networking (offlist)

["Michael Cole" <colemw@home.com>]

Ok,  I am trying to get to the internet.  I have changed my network address
to 192.168.0.0.  I sort of understand what you are saying about the address
of the network was a host and I guess having it as the address of the
gateway didn't help.  But I don't understand what you mean by the
192.168.x.x address not being routable.  I have already tried to reach the
router/internet with this change in the network address and no luck.  Do I
really need an address there?  I don't have NAT as far as I know, but I will
look around.
Thank you,
Michael

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Irving" <jkirving@mosquitonet.com>
To: "Michael W. Cole" <colemw@home.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 3:14 PM
Subject: Re: networking (offlist)


> On Wed, Jul 25, 2001 at 02:47:15PM -0400, Michael W. Cole wrote:
> > I am using linux 2.2.19-20010521 on a IIci and am trying to have it
> > recognize my router so that I can start to upload the software to
> > complete the system.  I am using this version because the earlier
> > versions would not acknowledge my ethernet card.  This one seems to but
> > I have set up the network but I can't get it to ping the router or any
> > of the other computers (Mac PPC and a Windoze) that are also connected
> > to the router.  I have followed the HOW-TO's for networking etc.
> > /etc/network/interfaces is as follows:
> > iface lo inet loopback
> >
> > iface eth0 inet static
> >         address    192.168.0.3
> >         netmask    255.255.255.0
> >         network    192.168.0.1
> >         broadcast    192.168.0.255
> >         gateway       192.168.0.1
> >
> > I followed the route commands that were in the How-To
> > ie route add -net 192.168.0.3 netmask 255.255.255.0 eth0
> > route add default gw 192.168.0.1 eth0
> >
> > and these things seem to work they reshowed when route was reentered.
> >
> > What do I need to read now?  I would like to be able to use my cable
> > modem which is connected to the router and is accessible to the other
> > two computers on this network.
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> It's not clear to me whether you want to get out to the Internet or not,
> but if so you'll need an address other than on the 192.168.x.x network,
> since those addresses are not routable.  Also the network addr shown is
> a host address rather than a network; network addresses end in 0. If the
> gateway is also capable of NAT (network address translation) then what
> you have may work, since the NAT host changes outgoing packets to a valid
> internet address.
>
> --
> Ken Irving <jkirving@mosquitonet.com>
>