Re: problem setting up a local network

["Jeffrey L. Taylor" <jeff@austinblues.dyndns.org>]

Just bringing up the eth0 interface should add the routing
information.  If not "route add 192.168.1.0/24 dev eth0" should do it.

HTH,
  Jeffrey

Quoting Tommaso Moroni <tommaso.m@tiscalinet.it>:
> Hi!
> 
> I'd like to install Debian on an old pc (hereafter called A) using an 
> ADSL connection I have on another PC (hereafter called B). The problem 
> is that after configuring the network on A it doesn't "see" B: the 
> interface is correctly configured but a simple ping to B fails.
> I've already checked the addresses (A is 192.168.1.2, B is 192.168.1.1) 
> and I think the problem is the route table on B. In fact to manage the 
> ADSL connection I use the italian version of the drivers at 
> http://eciadsl.flashtux.org/. The command route on computer B gives this 
>  output:
> 
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use 
> Iface
> 192.168.100.1   *               255.255.255.255 UH    0      0        0 ppp0
> default         192.168.100.1   0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0 ppp0
> 
> I think it lacks a default route for the eth0 interface, but I cannot 
> add it as there's already another one and it's needed for the ADSL to work.
> 
> 
> Thanks in advance for help!
> 
> Tommaso Moroni
> 
>