Take a look at /etc/resolv.conf. It needs to have some lines in it. Mine looks like;
domain CRAY.COM search cray.com sgi.com nameserver 128.162.xx.xx nameserver 128.162.xx.xx Where the nameserver lines point to the ip address of the DNS host or domain name server. Also take a look at your /etc/gateways file. Mine looks like: net default gateway 128.162.xx.xx metric 1 where the ip address points to the gateway here. BTW, the "xx" was really a 1 2 or 3 digit number less than 256 that was removed for security. 8^) Don't try to use those exact entries, but substitue the ip address of your DNS host and gateway. Nathanael Nunes wrote: > > I am atempting to install debian on a 486. It seems to work fine execpt > for the networking part. While booting up it sais NE200 Detected and > that it is using IRQ 9. Then It starts to inform me that the network is > unreachable. It does this for any ping or DNS search. Anything that > anyone could recomend that I check? I was provided IP numbers for use > on the machine. I am a bit confused as to what the loop back setings > are for. > Any sujestions welcome. Thanks. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jim Lynch, System Engineer, SGI/Cray Research, Inc. / ARS: K4GVO Federal Business Systems, Phone: (770) 631-2254, Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Suite 270, 200 Westpark Drive, Peachtree City, GA 30269