On Mon, Mar 03, 2003 at 10:04:57AM +0200, Assaf Flatto wrote:
> Thanks for the info.
> I decided to try and do a regular debian 3.0.1 on that machine and it
> went quite well.
> The problem arose when i tried to cennect it to the net .
> I have an ADSL gateway in my home and when i tried to configure the
> /etc/gateways file for the new machine to know where to go - it doen't
> seem to except any format I give it - i'm trying to reach the iglu site
> in order to apt-get the newer files.
> example :
> " net iglu.org.il gateway 1external " -gateway is defined in /etc/hosts
>
> I get an error message of not been able to resolve the server ( i tried
> supplying an IP addrress but that failed too.
>
> I read the man pages for the gateways file and googled for it to - but
> nothing i seem to do helps .
> Any ideas ?
>
Are you sure you need /etc/gateways for your setup? I believe this
file is used when there are many routes to choose from, for routed or
similar route decisions. I would restore this file to its original form
and look for the problem elsewhere.
Can you ping the ADSL gateway? What is the output of ifconfig and
route?
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