On Thu, 16 Dec 1999, Nigel Trivass wrote:
> recently connected my Redhat 5.2 machine to the internet. As I need to dial
> into other sites I required a fixed IP address. I added the ISP details and
> using PPP, I was able to connect to the internet fine. However since then,
> my machine was accidentally turned off and I now have difficulties
> connecting to other machines on the LAN and indeed I am unable to ping
> localhost - Network Unreachable. Other machines can ping/ftp my machine.
>
> I can still use PPP to connect to the internet and when this is running I
> CAN connect to other machines on the LAN. With PPP, I can ping localhost
> [127.0.0.1], but I am unable to ping ifosuk [my machine's name on the LAN].
>
> We do not use DNS on our LAN - 'hosts' files only.
>
> I've been advised to check the hosts and resolv.conf files - these appear
> fine.
>
> Can anyone else offer any tip?
I'd bet that PPP changed your route table ( take a look at man page for
route) and that since the machine was turned off instead of PPP exiting and
resetting things. Post the output of ifconfig and route -n to the list
here for specific suggestions.
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