Re: NIC problem

["Glenn Evanish" <glenn@example.com>]

route add -net 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 dev eth0   is a Bad Thing?

Sorry to be dumb, but what's so bad about it?

Glenn


----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Stone" <SStone@example.com>
To: <tlug@example.com>
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 3:14 AM
Subject: RE: NIC problem


>
> wait you *added* a localnet route?  That can sometimes be a Bad Thing,
too.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Glenn Evanish [mailto:glenn@example.com]
> Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2001 7:53 AM
> To: tlug@example.com
> Subject: Re: NIC problem
>
>
> > maybe it's not adding routes to the local network?  I've seen that once
or
> > twice before.. show us an output from "netstat -rn"...
> >
> Guys you're going to have to trust me on this, as I pulled the hard disk,
CD
> and one card out and proceded to do the setup on the computer I'm typing
on
> now, and everything went without a hitch.  The original box is unavailable
> to give you the output, as I'd have to put it back together and save the
> output to a text file on a floppy to add to this email.
>
> ifconfig looked perfectly normal, and adding the route was the first thing
I
> did.  The cards were a 3Com 3c509b-tp and a PCI 9700-T, two cards that we
> all know work great with Linux.  The cables were fine.
>
> I guess I was hoping that there be some secret (to me) other X factors
about
> that might give me somewhere to explore.  Otherwise the box gets Windozed
> and goes back to being my kids' gameboy.  Hmmm, would be interesting to
see
> if the cards work under W98...
>
> Glenn
> > -----------------------------------------------------
> > Scott M. Stone <sstone@example.com>
> > Senior Technical Consultant - UNIX and Networking
> > Taos, the Sysadmin Company - Santa Clara, CA
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Glenn Evanish [mailto:glenn@example.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 7:44 AM
> > To: tlug@example.com
> > Subject: NIC problem
> >
> >
> > I've got a box that I'm trying to set up as a ADSL firewall and router,
so
> > of course I need two net cards in it.  The net cards seem to set up just
> > fine and look good in ifconfig - IP, netmask, and broadcast - and they
> > answer pings from the console.  However, if I ping another box or my
> router,
> > the network is unreachable.  It's extremely frustrating.
> >
> > I don't know what to do next.  The cards are just fine in other boxes,
but
> > when they go into that box, they're "looking at themselves" only.  I've
> had
> > this happen in other situations, too, including on this one I'm typing
on
> > now.
> >
> > What would make a card that appears fine in ifconfig not be able to ping
> > another box or answer a ping from another (local) box?  How to
> troubleshoot?
> >
> > TIA,
> >
> > Glenn
>
> >
>
>
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