On Saturday 08 September 2001 20:01, you had thoughts to the concept of: > On Wednesday 05 September 2001 20:53, etharp wrote: > > that gateway is for the computer you are on, so the gateway would be the > > IP your ISP assigns via dhcp, the gateway to the client computers (the > > rest of your home network that is connecting to the Internet) would be > > the linux box eth0 IP. > > So why can't I set the gateway of my linux box (192.168.1.1) to itself? cause it ain't going outside itself that way, and are you on a dialup connection? on a dialup connection, most often (everytime I ever checked) the server assigns an IP based on an available pool (dhcp). a GATEway is a route to the outside. if you were to build a door that only went inside the same building, you could never leave. kind of an "esher-esque" 2 deminisonal concept don't you think?
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