Hmm my ip settings on windows shows this:
C:\Documents and Settings\Rohit>ipconfig /all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : torque
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : <deleted/>
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 121.XYZ.184.ABC
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.0.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 121.XYZ.184.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 202.54.29.5
202.54.12.164
I guess now you can understand why I have a netmask of 255.0.0.0 for
the interface. For the gateway... well I have no particular reason of
putting it there .. I was just experimenting to see what works.
Rohit
On 4/8/07, prad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 4/8/07, Rohit < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> OK, this is what I have done till now:
>
> ifconfig eth0 <static_ip> netmask 255.0.0.0
> route add default gw <gateway_ip> netmask 255.0.0.0
1. Why is this 255.0.0.0 netmask for interface?
2. Is there any specific reason for putting netmask in default gateway?
And I hope you have got the answer.
Cheers,
prad
> The route gets added, but I'm unable to ping the gateway's IP address.
>
> Rohit
>
> On 4/8/07, Kaustubh Gadkari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > <snip>
> > > I then added the DNS servers to resolv.conf.
> > > Is there anything else that I need to do? Does anybody have a working
> > > setup?
> > </snip>
> >
> > You might need to add a default route to the VSNL gateway. Read the
> > man page for the route command.
> >
> > --
> > Kaustubh Gadkari
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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