> From Linux it can ping itself, but nothing on the outside. From the
> outside,
> FTP, telnet, and ping all time out trying to connect to Linux. I
looked at
> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 and did a "ifconfig eth0"
> command
> but don't see anything obviously wrong (although I haven't found out
what
> it
> is using for a router/gateway yet). Right now I don't know where to
check
> other tcpip parms like gateway, etc.

Unless you have a totally flat network (ie, everything on one segment, a
Bad Idea), then this is the missing piece. This Linux doesn't know how
to reply to things that aren't on it's own subnet without a default gw. 

Check 'ifconfig -a' to make sure the broadcast address is correct for
the subnet it's on (should be the same as any other machine on that
network), and check 'netstat -r' to ensure you have a default route
(it'll show up as a route for 0.0.0.0)

If the output from ifconfig looks ok, then use 'route add default
x.y.z.q metric 1' and you should be up and running. 

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