Declan Moriarty wrote:
Recently, Somebody Somewhere wrote these words
Dan McGhee wrote:
I still cannot connect to my DSL. I will, for clarity, reproduce my
/etc/sysconfig/network-devices/ifconfig.eth0/ipv4 file:
ONBOOT=yes SERVICE=ipv4-static IP=<static addr given to me by ISP>
GATEWAY=<another static addr given to me by ISP> PREFIX=32
BROADCAST=<yet another static addr given to me by ISP>
All addr's are in the form xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, ergo PREFIX=32.
Here's the problem. If I don't comment out the GATEWAY line, I get
the RTNETLINK errors. (The error sequence starts with "Removing
default gateway" or something like that.) If I comment the line, the
networking starts with no errors, but I cannot connect.
My research indicates that there may be something wrong (or not
present) in the IP Route Table. I found an interesting entry in the
Mandrake side of my box when I ran 'routel.' I'm going to try to
manually change that in BLFS, but right now I'm wondering if I
haven't missed changing some script or file in BLFS. Does any one
have any ideas? It's possible that I forgot to compile something
into the kernel.
I tried to add a default entry into the ip route tables. Unless I'm
completely screwing it up both Iproute2 and Net-tools-1.60 both report
"Network is unreachable"
This is rather cryptic and I don't know how to extract more
information. I also don't know if I'm entering the commands
correctly. This is what I used for Iproute2
I did find this guide:
http://snafu.freedom.org/linux2.2/docs/ip-cref/
that talks about ipchains. It's rather out of date but some of it
looks useful. Does anyone know of a more up to date reference?
I'm just out of ideas. I hope someone here can help.
I'm sorry my first post went direct to you and not the list. This looks
to be your IP, and incidentally, your fqdn
[216.139.123.222] (customer123_222.grm.net [216.139.123.222])
I imagine you are on PPPOE, or DHCP. I'm on a pppoe network, but I log
into my modem via dhcp over the nic. This gives me a lazy time.
I don't use either one. I figured that since the ISP is all static I
didn't need either.
"Network is unreachable" is something I've seen every time I let my IRQ
be set where yours is :-D. Basically, it means it's throwing stuff at
the network card but not getting anything encouraging back
Did you sort out your IRQ, /etc/hosts, and resolv.conf or dismiss my
suggestions as irrelevant? Did you get my mail?
I did get your e-mail. And, Declan!!!!!!! why would anyone dismiss your
suggestions as irrelevant???? <BBBG> Thanks for them. I couldn't get
the IRQ changed dynamically and with what you just provided I can finish
on the files. I think that the IRQ might be the key.
What IRQ does Mandrake use?
It uses 11. If I'm not mistaken, I can, now the 'forcedeth' loads at
boot, do something in modprobe.conf or write a udev rule to force the
IRQ to 11. Maybe I should check as the PC boots and see what the BIOS
wants--heaven forbid that anyone would follow that <another BG>.
Thanks,
Dan
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