Re: Can't ping

[W Paul Mills <Paul-NOT@Mills-USA.com>]

Helge Stenstrom wrote:
> I can't ping nodes outside my subnet. I can reach the internet by hopping via 
> another machine on the subnet, which makes it possible to write this e-mail.
>
> Is there a config file I should check carefully? Things broke when I upgraded my 
> Debian Sid in late July, with the previous successful upgrade in late June.
>
> My /etc/resolv.conf, which works OK on other nodes:
>    search rnd.ki.sw.ericsson.se
>    nameserver 147.214.214.11
>    nameserver 147.214.214.111
> These nameservers are inside the company firewall, and I don't think they can 
> be pinged from the outside.
>
>
>
> Response from `route -n` on my trouble machine (Debian Sid, IP=147.214.195.137):
>     localhost:/mnt/hda9/helge# route -n
>     Kernel IP routing table
>     Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
>     192.168.0.2     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.255 UH    0      0        0 sl0
>     147.214.195.0   0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 eth0
>     0.0.0.0         0.0.0.0         0.0.0.0         U     0      0        0 sl0
>     0.0.0.0         147.214.195.1   0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0 eth0

Looks to me like you have two default routes, the first of which is 
bogus. You should only have one default.


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