Last night I tried to manually ifconfig my eth0 interface (3Com 509 combo card), then tried to ping it, and got this:
>ping: sendto: Network is unreachable >ping: wrote 166.117.11.123 64 chars, ret=-1 > >--- 166.117.11.123 ping statistics --- >10 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss ># netstat -rn >Kernel IP routing table >Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface >166.117.11.125 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 1500 0 0 eth0 >127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 3584 0 0 lo ># ifconfig -a >lo Link encap:Local Loopback > inet addr:127.0.0.1 Bcast:127.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0 > UP BROADCAST LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3584 Metric:1 > RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 > TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 > >eth0 Link encap:10Mbps Ethernet HWaddr 00:A0:24:0F:15:63 > inet addr:166.117.11.123 Bcast:166.117.11.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 > TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 > Interrupt:10 Base address:0x250 > > > Did I forget something? I am pretty sure the card is good, and during bootup I see that the MAC address is seen by the kernel, with the card at 0x250 and IRQ 10. Are these settings OK? Thanks for your help! --- Key fingerprint = D6 A7 D7 8C 92 CB 42 FD 60 D5 62 1C D7 B9 EA 8E Ken Gaugler N6OSK Hybrid Networks, Inc. Cupertino, Calif. URL: www.hybrid.com (home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: users.aimnet.com/~keng) "The life of a Repo Man is ALWAYS INTENSE..."
