[PLUG] "No route to host?" + USB question

Derek Loree drl at drloree.com
Thu Apr 21 04:46:32 UTC 2005


On Wed, 2005-04-20 at 09:12 -0700, GLL wrote:
> I have a Qwest Action-tec DSL box, a Cisco BEFSR41 Cable/DSL router with 4 
> ports, and this Linux box (Mandrake 10) plus two W2K boxen all live behind 
> that. 
> 
> I use a program called 'putty' from either of the Win boxen to pull files from 
> the Linux box. However, just today this stopped working, and the command line 
> box from the Win-boxen say "No route to host."
> 
> WEIRD CLUE: The Win-boxen can see each other BUT they cannot see the Internet. 
> (The Linux box can see the internet, but we knew that already.)

Your DHCP server has died.  The Winblows boxes makeup their own
addresses when they don't get one from the network.

Good Luck,

Derek Loree




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