Michael C. Toren on Tue, 28 Dec 1999 13:48:37 -0500 (EST)


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Re: [Plug] what's wrong with this picture?


> it all seems to be cool accdg to the man/info on route..
> route add -host 192.186.1.2 Nm 255.255.255.0 Gw 192.168.1.2

The first thing that jump out at me when I look at the above is that
you're using the -host flag, which implies a netmask of 255.255.255.255,
but then you specify a 255.255.255.0 netmask.

> I'm trying to add a device(eth0) to the system, and it keeps blowing up on me..
>  ifconfig -a shows the NIC jsut fine.

Have you used ifconfig to set an IP address for eth0?

-mct