Well, I finally got the p166 up and running, including the 9GB ext2 filesystem I had problems with earlier, thanks to this list.
Now there are still 2 issues that I need to resolve, but there is not as much urgency this time. The second issue will be in another mailing. To see the problem, jump to the end of this message. I apoligize for the length of this, but I felt that all this detail is needed for a resolution. My system has 2 network cards, a 3c503/16 and a 3c595 (in 10Mb mode). The 503 has a network address of 199.233.164.2 The 595 has a network address of 199.233.164.33 I have the netmask set to 255.255.255.224, which should give me 32 hosts per subnet, including network and broadcast. The system boots fine. Both cards drivers are modules. There is no append statement in lilo.conf Here is what is in /etc/init.d/network: #! /bin/sh ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 route add -net 127.0.0.0 IPADDR=199.233.164.2 NETMASK=255.255.255.224 NETWORK=199.233.164.0 BROADCAST=199.233.164.31 GATEWAY=199.233.164.2 ifconfig eth0 ${IPADDR} netmask ${NETMASK} broadcast ${BROADCAST} route add -net ${NETWORK} netmask 255.255.255.224 route add default gw ${GATEWAY} metric 1 ifconfig eth1 199.233.164.33 netmask 255.255.255.224 broadcast 199.233.164.63 route add -net 199.233.164.32 netmask 255.255.255.224 All hosts are pingable from any other host, aix, sco, micom remote terminal server, and win95. Here is the output of ifconfig: lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Bcast:127.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP BROADCAST LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3584 Metric:1 RX packets:410 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 TX packets:410 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 eth0 Link encap:10Mbps Ethernet HWaddr 00:20:AF:49:21:25 inet addr:199.233.164.2 Bcast:199.233.164.31 Mask:255.255.255.224 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:42 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 TX packets:164 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 Interrupt:5 Base address:0x300 Memory:dc000-de000 eth1 Link encap:10Mbps Ethernet HWaddr 00:A0:24:56:D4:17 inet addr:199.233.164.33 Bcast:199.233.164.63 Mask:255.255.255.224 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:22 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 TX packets:15 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 Interrupt:12 Base address:0x6100 Here is the output of route: Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface localnet * 255.255.255.224 U 0 0 2 eth0 199.233.164.32 * 255.255.255.224 U 0 0 3 eth1 localhost * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 2 lo default * 0.0.0.0 U 1 0 9 eth0 When I am not connected to the internet using ppp (207.86.80.129) route will hang right after the localnet line. If I am connected to the net, or if named is not running, route does its job and gets out of the way. I do replace my default route when ppp comes up. Question 1 I think that is indicates a dns problem, but why? 199.233.164.33 is a local address. Question 2 Why does 199.233.164.32 show up in the route output. I have an /etc/networks file that looks like: localnet 199.233.164.0 loannet 199.233.164.32 localhost 127.0.0.0 I really expected to see loannet in the route output. This happens any time, ie if I am connected by ppp or not, named running or not. The linux box is serving as its own caching dns server. I appreciate any thoughts you may have, -- Walter L. Preuninger II waldo on #unix at irc.wasteland.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://walterp.rapidramp.com> L I N U X --- Where you will want to be! -- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]