[NTLUG:Discuss] network problem from jw_mefford@hotmail.com

[Mark Bickel]

> From: "John W. Mefford" <jw_mefford at hotmail.com>
> To: <discuss at ntlug.org>
> Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 17:58:54 -0600
> Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] network problem from jw_mefford at hotmail.com
> 
> I am having trouble getting my two linux ver 7 boxes to work.  I have good
> nics-3cometheriii's, lights on the hub, eth0 up at boot on both, ip addresses
> set up right with correct netmask, but cannot ping between them.  I did a full
> install custom on both boxes.  have host file set up and eth0 configured.  
> ip addresses are ip 192.168.1.50 hostname ppp.lan.com    and 2nd machine is 
> ip 192.168.1.70 hostname station.lan.com.  Message when pinging, it keeps 
> going like a ping does, says network unreachable.  when i deactivate eth0 and
> ping i get a single message network unreachable.  Any ideas.

try "ifconfig -a" to see status of NICs. 
"man ifconfig" to see how to use ifconfig.
You should be able to manually config your NICs using ifconfig.
Once you get that working you can then edit your configuration files appropriately.
What distribution and version are you using? Redhat? 

BTW, It's not "linux ver 7" but rather Redhat 7.0 distribution of Linux. 
Redhat =! Linux. Redhat is just one of many distributions of Linux.

Mark.Bickel at ericsson.com