Thanks James, I think this was a case of a typo and fixation with the error staring me in the face!!!!!! Sometimes one should look for the obvious!!!
David Leeming OLPC Coordinator, SPC and Technical Advisor, People First Network Honiara, Solomon Islands -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Cameron Sent: Saturday, 26 July 2008 10:53 a.m. To: David Leeming Cc: server-devel@lists.laptop.org Subject: Re: [Server-devel] Static Ip settings G'day David, Destination host unreachable suggests either incorrect netmask, a route missing on the XS, causing it to use another interface it has, or a reply from the gateway over ICMP refusing to forward the packets. Based on the data you sent, I think the network mask is the cause, especially given that you had incomplete ARP. You wrote: > I have changed the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eh0 to > > DEVICE=eth0 > ONBOOT=yes > BOOTPROTO=static > IPADDR=202.0.158.99 > NETWORK=202.0.158.96 > NETMASK=202.0.158.248 > GATEWAY=202.0.158.97 The NETMASK should be 255.255.255.248 according to a calculator ... $ ipcalc 202.0.158.96/29 Address: 202.0.158.96 11001010.00000000.10011110.01100 000 Netmask: 255.255.255.248 = 29 11111111.11111111.11111111.11111 000 Wildcard: 0.0.0.7 00000000.00000000.00000000.00000 111 => Network: 202.0.158.96/29 11001010.00000000.10011110.01100 000 HostMin: 202.0.158.97 11001010.00000000.10011110.01100 001 HostMax: 202.0.158.102 11001010.00000000.10011110.01100 110 Broadcast: 202.0.158.103 11001010.00000000.10011110.01100 111 Hosts/Net: 6 Class C Try changing that and taking the interface down and up, ifdown eth0 ifup eth0 Or to temporarily test on the active system ... ifconfig eth0 netmask 255.255.255.248 -- James Cameron mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://quozl.netrek.org/ _______________________________________________ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
