[NTLUG:Discuss] cable modem & gateway

[George E. Lass]

Joey,

You might also want to run a tcpdump on the ethernet card that is
connected to
TCI/ATT and then try a ping or traceroute to the gateway.  Also, check
to
see that you have the gateway defined in /etc/sysconfig/network.

George

Victor Brilon wrote:
> 
> Send us a description of the network topology and well as the output of
> 'ifconfig -a' and 'netstat -rn' on the Linux box. That might help those
> of us who are not psychic to diagnose the problem :)
> 
> Victor
> 
> On Thu, Oct 14, 1999 at 05:15:55PM -0500, Joey_Berry at compusa.com wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >      I helped a friend set up a RH 60 box to put on there network. They are
> > using TCI/ATT for an ISP they have multi Static IP's. We know for a fact that
> > the card is working because we can telnet & ftp to the box from other WIN32
> > boxes on the internal network, however the *nix box does not see the gateway for
> > TCI/ATT. When we try to ping the gateway we get to read the destination host is
> > unreachable over & over "what fun". Any thoughts or salutations to help fix this
> > issue would be valued.
> > Thank you in advance,
> > Joey.
> >
> >
> >
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> --
> 
> Victor Brilon
> victor at vail.net
> 
> Thought for the day --
> "I read a funny story about how the Republicans freed the slaves.  The
> Republicans are the ones who created slavery by law in the 1600's.
> Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves and he was not a Republican."
>         --Washington D.C. Mayor Marion Barry
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