[PLUG] floppyfw SIOCADDRT

[Wil Cooley]

Also Sprach Steve Blake <steve at blakeusa.net> on Sat, Mar 23, 2002 at 08:38:18AM PST
> I'm getting this message at boot on floppyfw....
> "SIOCADDRT: Network is unreachable" is a message on the floppyfw boot
> screen.
> 
> plus....
> I cannot ping DEFAULT_GATEWAY from inside private LAN.
> 
> and....
> I can ping INSIDE_IP on eth1 and OUTSIDE_IP on eth0.
> 
> Therefore, I suspect I'm getting this message because the DEFAULT_GATEWAY
> simply cannot be seen by floppyfw.
> Question #1: Is this a reasonable conclusion?
> 
> 
> I also believe this condition is not the fault of my new floppyfw
> installation, and I have been concentrating my diagnostics on the new
> RoamAbout Wireless Gateway going in at the same time.
 

The SIOCADDRT is the failure to add the default route; either
because the interface hasn't been brought up yet or you've mangled
the netmask somehow.  (Or it simply isn't on your local
network.)

Wil
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