[PLUG] Resetting hostname and IP address

Stafford A. Rau srau at rauhaus.org
Fri Jun 25 10:29:02 UTC 2004


* Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com> [040625 10:22]:
> 
>   1) Ran 'ifconfig eth0 192.169.1.2'. 'ifconfig -a' shows eth0 up and
> running with this IP address.

Above, you have 192.169.1.2. Is that just a typo in your email, and you
did in fact have 192.168.1.2?
                     ^^^

>   2) Ran 'route add -net 0.0.0.0 gw 192.168.1.1 eth0'. 'netstat -rn' shows
> the destination 192.168.1.0 on eth0 and gateway 192.168.1.1 (the WAP) also
> on eth0.

I'd like to see your output from "netstat -rn" and "ifconfig -a". We
might be able to spot something there.

>   However, when I try to access the WAP the connection is refused (in
> mozilla). I tried it using 'links' and learned that there is no route to the
> host. Hmm-m-m. That's what I thought I set up.

One other possiblility - do you have your browsers set up to use a proxy
server?

--Stafford




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