Hello David and thanks for your help. I was able to grab a network guy and a linux guy and we have connectivity now!
I'm not sure if it a bug or something that we don't have set right. The netstat command showed a line: Default www.xxx.yyy.zzz 0.0.0.0 ug 0.0 0 eth0 So it looked like we had a default gateway. The linux guy entered commands: Ifconfig eth0 down Ifconfig eth0 inet www.xxx.linux.ip netmask 255.255.248.0 up arp And things are working now. (I think that is all it took.) In ifcfg-eth0 it says ARP=NO. As soon as I learn to edit, I'll fix that and try again :) Thanks again... Robert > 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. > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
