DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=static
BROADCAST=217.76.143.255
IPADDR=217.76.143.18
NETMASK=255.255.255.240
NETWORK=217.76.143.0
ONBOOT=yes
You have set your broadcast wrong.
On a 255.255.255.240 subnet there are only 16 addresses.
If your IP address is in the 16-31 range then the broadcast
is 31, not
I've got two RH9 servers that both have their networking setup in the
same way. The problem I'm having is one of them isn't setting the
gateway route on boot.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] sysconfig]# cat network
NETWORKING=yes
HOSTNAME=locnet
GATEWAY=217.76.143.30
[EMAIL PROTECTED] etc]# cat /etc/sysconfig/