[PLUG] Re:RH 8 install goof

Mark Wills mark at planetwills.com
Wed Jan 29 16:59:01 UTC 2003


Did the DHCP server assign the mask and Bcast numbers?
In my subnet of attbi the subnet mask assigned by ATT is 255.255.240.0 not
255.255.255.0

Mark

> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-admin at lists.pdxlinux.org
> [mailto:plug-admin at lists.pdxlinux.org]On Behalf Of Dirk Ouellette
> Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 7:19 PM
> To: Austin Linux Users Group; PLUG
> Subject: [PLUG] Re:RH 8 install goof
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>
> My daughter's ifconfig shows;
>
> eth0  Link encap:ethernet  HWaddr 00:A0:C9:74:9E:51
> inet addr:12:224:187:4     Bcast:255:255:255:255
> Mask:255:255:255:0   blah, blah, blah
> RX packets:2872       TX packets:108
>
> all with 0 errors.
>
> Her lo is Linkencap:Local loopback
>
> So why can't she ping to the outside or use a browser or send/recieve
> email? I added the x1:6:00:a0:xx:xx:xx to her /etc/hosts with no
> positive result.
> Dirk
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