ah ha! ifconfig eth0 ... up I figured it was something stupid I was (or wasn't) doing... ;-) Thanks again, Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hemminger, Jeffrey D." <JDHEMMINGER at stthomas.edu> To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 9:35 AM Subject: Re: [TCLUG] Network set up trouble > (the following holds for both) > ifconfig looks like this: > lo Link encap:Local Loopback > inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 > UP LOOPBACK RUNNING Mtu:16436 Metric: 1 > etc etc etc > > when I check ifconfig eth0, however, it doesn't say UP BROADCAST RUNNING, > it just says BROADCAST. > > I can ping the localhost (ping 127.0.0.1), just fine. > I cannot ping my own IP address, though. > The error is connect: Network unreachable > > I've edited the files in vi. > I will check out the HOWTO that was recommended. > > I appreciate the feedback, all! > > Jeff > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nathan Davis" <davisn at mailandnews.com> > To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 11:53 PM > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] Network set up trouble > > > > "Hemminger, Jeffrey D." wrote: > > > > > Hi All, > > > I'm a brand new user, and I'm charged with setting up 2 servers both > running > > > RH7.2 on a very small private network (a development environment). I've > > > installed an email service on each, but I'm having trouble getting as > much > > > as a ping between the two boxes. > > > I've modified /etc/hosts, /etc/host.conf, and /etc/sysconfig/network. > I'm > > > using a generic, supported NIC, everything was working fine before I > took it > > > off the University's network, eth0 seems ok, and I've checked the cables > and > > > hub. > > > I'm looking for 1) Am I missing something obvious or did I modify a conf > > > file I wasn't supposed to? and/or 2) some simple troubleshooting ideas? > > > I've scoured the internet and several books (my manual is RH7.2 > Unleashed, > > > which I don't recommend to anyone FWIW), and I seem to be getting caught > > > between either a HOWTO that's more complicated than I'm looking for (I > don't > > > need DNS, for example), or a dumbed down version that has me edit conf > files > > > that I don't need from a different distribution (RH7.2 does not require > > > /etc/HOSTNAME, for example). > > > > > > Thanks in advance for any help you can offer, > > > > > > Jeff > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, > Minnesota > > > http://www.mn-linux.org > > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > What does '/sbin/ifconfig' say for each box? > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, > Minnesota > > http://www.mn-linux.org > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >