[NTLUG:Discuss] problem solved. [was: can not ping itself.]

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MadHat got my point. Thanks.

Also, thank you all for the input.


>From: MadHat <madhat at unspecific.com>
>Reply-To: discuss at ntlug.org
>To: discuss at ntlug.org
>Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] can not ping itself.
>Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 10:14:42 -0500
>
>At 02:56 PM 5/2/2001 +0000, you wrote:
>
>>>From: MadHat <madhat at unspecific.com>
>>>>
>>>>>>What is the result of "route" ?
>>>>>Kernel IP routing table
>>>>>Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use
>>>>>Iface
>>>>>192.168.1.0     192.168.1.1     255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0
>>>>>eth1
>>>>>0.0.0.0         65.10.71.194    0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0
>>>>>eth0
>>>>>127.0.0.0       0.0.0.0         255.0.0.0       U     0      0        0 
>>>>>lo
>>>>>
>>>>>(65.10.71.194 is assigned ip, 65.1071.129 is gateway ip assigned by 
>>>>>@home)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>I have always seen entries more like this (using your IPs)
>>>>
>>>>Kernel IP routing table
>>>>Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use
>>>>Iface
>>>>0.0.0.0         65.10.71.129    0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0 
>>>>eth0
>>>>65.10.71.194    0.0.0.0         255.255.255.255 UH    0      0        0 
>>>>eth0
>>>>65.10.71.0      0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 
>>>>eth0
>>>>127.0.0.0       0.0.0.0         255.0.0.0       U     0      0        0 
>>>>lo
>>>
>>>sorry, forgot to explain what the difference...  what you have is an 
>>>entry
>>>for the default route to be your IP, not the gataway IP as it should
>>
>>do you mean that I should have a line like
>>
>>0.0.0.0         65.10.71.129    0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0 
>>eth0
>>
>>instead of
>>
>>0.0.0.0         65.10.71.194    0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0 
>>eth0
>>
>>(see the different of 129 and 194, 194 is assigned ip, 129 is assigned gw)
>
>correct
>
>
>
>>>be.  Also, you don't have a local route to your own IP.
>>
>>ok, I guess this is my problem/question.
>>how do I know (or check) if the ipforward is enabled?
>
>shouldn't matter for this particular issue.  ipforward is for forwarding
>from one interface to the other.
>
>
>
>>>What distro are you using?
>>RH 6.2
>
>check the files
>/etc/sysconfig/network
>/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
>
>simple format of
>GATEWAY=65.10.71.129
>
>with or without quotes around it are fine.  Also check the rest of your
>setting while there ot verify.
>
>
>
>>I would check that your GATEWAY setting
>>>is
>>>pointed to the gateway and not your own IP.  But usually if that is the
>>>case, you can ONLY ping yourself....  but it is worth checking.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>MadHat at unspecific.com
>>>
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