"G. Kapetanios" wrote:
>
> Thanks for the reply
>
> ifconfig gives the followng
>
> 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 frame:0
> TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> Collisions:0
> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet
> HWaddr 00:00:E8:CC:28:7D
> inet addr:194.81.117.61 Bcast:194.81.117.255
> Mask:255.255.255.0
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> Collisions:0 Interrupt:3 Base address:0x300
>
> route -n gives
>
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use
> Iface
> 194.81.117.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 1
> eth0
> 127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
> 0.0.0.0 194.81.117.1 0.0.0.0 UG 1 0 1
> eth0
>
> Notice that 194.81.117.1 is the gateway I have given in the configuration
>
This info looks fine to me.
> dmesg gives the following network card related info.
>
> loading device 'eth0'...
> ne.c:v1.10 9/23/94 Donald Becker ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> NE*000 ethercard probe at 0x300: 00 00 e8 cc 28 7d
> eth0: NE2000 found at 0x300, using IRQ 3.
> loading device 'eth1'...
>
Now why does it say loading device eth1? I have no clue. Hmmm...
> It seems to me that the card is correctly detected the problem is with the
> gateway I guess since route (not route -n) hangs
>
Just for grins try pinging 194.81.117.1. Do not use the host name. Use
the IP address. Does it still give you problems?
If it does not, you should take a look at /etc/resolve.conf and make
sure you have your DNS server listed there. The reason why route hangs
is because your machine cannot find a host name for the IP address of
your gateway.
If you cannot ping an IP address, the network card might not be workign
right. It could be a bad network cable or wall jack.
Hope this helps
--
Paul Miller
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