225.225.225.0 is not a valid netmask. Your system can't determine if your gateway and your address are on the same network. Try with 255.255.255.0.
cu. Nick Porter a écrit : >I'm at a complete loss of how to make this work. The way I understand it >there are three ways to set a default route when the machine boots. 1) >Use DHCP. 2) From the Interfaces file. 3) A script in one of the >if-xxxxx.d directorys. I have tried all these and just don't seem to be >able to get it to work. > >Firstly, DHCP works fine. Secondly, I can configure the box manually >with route add. Thirdly, I have managed to kludge it with an init.d >script but would really like to know why I can't get it to work the way >it's supposed to. > >Interfaces method. > >Here's what I have in my /etc/network/interfaces file; > >============== ># This file describes the network interfaces available on your system # >and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5). > ># The loopback network interface >auto lo >iface lo inet loopback > ># The primary network interface >auto eth0 > >iface eth0 inet static >address 192.168.0.42 >netmask 225.225.225.0 >gateway 192.168.0.1 >============== > >This doesn't work. When the machine boots it sets the static IP okay and >the netmask but refuses to add the gateway. Lets assume everything up to >the 'auto eth0' is correct. I've also tried; > >iface eth0 inet static >address 192.168.0.42 >netmask 225.225.225.0 >network 192.168.0.0 >braudcast 192.168.0.255 >gateway 192.168.0.1 > >and... > >iface eth0 inet static >address 192.168.0.42 >netmask 225.225.225.0 >up route add default gw 192.168.0.1 > >and... > >iface eth0 inet static > address 192.168.0.42 > netmask 225.225.225.0 > gateway 192.168.0.1 > >and... > >iface eth0 inet static > address 192.168.0.42 > netmask 225.225.225.0 > up route add default gw 192.168.0.1 > >None of the above has had any effect on the routing table. > >I've also tried adding an executable file to the if-up.d which contains >the single line; route add default gw 192.168.0.1 > >This didn't work either. Now I'm not overly convinced that this is how >the if-up.d directory is supposed to work but it's how I understood it >after reading the file format on 'interfaces'. > >Also, this isn't the only box I've configured where I've run across this >problem so I can't see it being specific to the machine I'm currently >working. All the boxes have been installed from the basic netinstall >disk downloaded at various time over the last couple of years. The >latest was downloaded a couple of days ago. > >If anyone can offer some pointers as to where I'm going wrong I'd >appreciate it. > >thx. >-- >np > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
