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Old 02-21-2008, 12:20 PM
J.O. Aho
 
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Default Re: Network is unreachable

On Thu, 10 Jan 2008, pk wrote:

> Mark Hobley wrote:
> > Johan Lindquist <spam@smilfinken.net> wrote:
> >> routes_eth0=( "default gw 192.168.2.1")

> > I changed mine from:
> > routes_eth0=( "default via 10.0.0.1" )
> > to
> > routes_eth0=( "default gw 10.0.0.1" )


Looking at my setup, it should be

routes_eth0=( "default via 1.2.3.4" )


> In your configuration statement
> config_eth0=( "10.0.0.13 netmask 255.255.255.0 brd 10.255.255.255" )
>
> it seems that the broadcast address is wrong (shouldn't that be 10.0.0.255
> instead?). Anyway, I think that is not the source of your problem.


*nods* Broadcast is only the last part that is changed to 255 and nothing
else.



> - try removing the dns_servers_eth0 line (putting the DNS servers manually
> in /etc/resolv.conf instead), in case that line somehow indirectly affect
> the process (just a shot in the dark anyway)


That works as long as he don't have dhcp installed, that tends to mess
things up.


> - try to explicitly use a specific/different interface handler, eg using
> modules=( "iproute2" )
> in /etc/conf.d/net and see if that makes some difference. Note that the two
> line are mutually exclusive (use only one of the two at a given time).


and see to install iproute2 before trying to use the second one.


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//Aho

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