Re: tlug: compatible NICs

["Scott M. Stone" <sstone@example.com>]

On Wed, 16 Feb 2000, Dave wrote:

> > or, you can do:
> >
> > route add -net 192.168.1.0/24 eth0
> >
> > ie, specify the mask as a CIDR block.  For whatever reason, Debian doesn't
> > seem to like that Syntax, but RH/TL seem to have no problem with it.
> >
> 
> I did    route add -net 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 eth0
> 
> but      ping 192.168.1.1     still tells me:
> from 192.168.1.10: destination host unreachable
> 
> route -F now returns this:
> destination / gateway / genmask / flags / metric / ref / use / iface
> 192.168.1.1 /   *      / 255.255.255.0 / u /  0 /  0  /  0   / eth 0
> 192.168.1.1 /   *      / 255.255.255.0 / u /  0 /  0  /  0   / eth 0
> 127.0.0.1  /    *      / 255.0.0.0   /     u   /  0   /  0  /  0  /  lo
> default / 192.168.1.1 / 0.0.0.0 /  ug    /  0   /   0  /  0  / eth0
> 
> trying out everything that is getting posted, I also tried
> route add -net 192.168.1.0/24 eth0
> but           siocaddrt: file exists
> 
> Just as a side thought, could all of these problems be from the fact that RH
> incorrectly identified the NIC and loaded an incompatible driver?  Or is it
> just a configuration thing that I need to work out?

OK, let's eliminate all the distribution-specific BS from this.  Reboot
your box and at the LILO prompt say 'linux single'.  Once you've booted to
the single user prompt, do the following (this is assuming a realtek 8139
ethernet board -- substitute the appropriate driver module to fit your
hardware.  Also assuming you're assigning 192.168.1.10 to this box):

host# modprobe rtl8139
host# ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.10 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255 up
host# ping 192.168.1.1

and that should work.  Let me/us know

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Scott M. Stone, CCNA <sstone@example.com>
UNIX Systems and Network Engineer
Taos - The SysAdmin Company 

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