At 09:28 AM 1/7/00 +1100, you wrote:
>Hi guys.
>
>A while ago I setup some RH Linux machines to work on our LAN. They all
>worked fine. I was recently asked to setup another machine from scratch
>to work on the LAN. I have modified /etc/resolv.conf, /etc/hosts,
>/etc/sysconfig/network and /etc/conf.modules appropriately. I have
>assigned it a name and IP at the name server. For some reason or
>another it just isn't working, though.
>
>The output of ifconfig looks fine and dandy. However, route has an
>extremely long delay before displaying the last line of the "Kernel IP
>routing table". Here is a copy of the output (retyped meticulously, as
>I don't have network access on that machine):
>
>Kernel IP routing table
>Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use
>Iface
>129.78.8.203 * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0
>eth0
>129.78.8.0 * 255.255.252.0 U 0 0 0
>eth0
>127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0
>lo
>default 129.78.11.254 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0
>eth0
>
>That last line is the IP of the gateway.
>
># grep "^254" /var/named/11.78.129.IN-ADDR.ARPA
>254 IN PTR br-f09-2.gw.usyd.edu.au.
>
>Any help would be much appreciated. I'm currently stumped after
>rereading all the documentation and finding that I've (apparently) done
>everything correctly.
>
>I can find no difference in those config files I've mentioned between
>the new machine and the old (working) machines. So, is there a file
>that I've entirely forgotten about and missed in the documentation?
>
>ps. The NIC uses the tulip driver. Both the NIC and driver are the
>same as those used by the other machines that work.
>pps. It would be great if you could reply both to the list and to my
>e-mail address.
>
>--
>David
>
David, did you remember to update the serial number on the
11.78.129.IN-ADDR.ARPA file, and did you tell named to re-read
the file?
Mikkel
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons,
for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
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