Re: Local Network Inop

Paul (xerox@groovy.foonet.net)
Fri, 7 Mar 1997 04:38:41 -0500 (EST)


Simple.. You've got a subnet which needs all the right netmasks and
broadcast info, plus routing info that you probably have set wrong :)
If you would like help with it email me back at xerox@foonet.net instead
of this address. (Check you have ip/forward/gateway in the kernel and
check to see if your isp is correctly routing you the subnet to your linux)

On Fri, 7 Mar 1997, Rich Schmelkin wrote:

> Hi All,
> I have a linux machine, and am using ppp to connect to my isp.
> That works just fine. I have a secondary computer attached to the
> linux machine via 10 base T. The machines can talk back and forth
> with each other on the local net, but machine 2 cant be reached outside
> of the local network. I can ping it from an alternate location on the net,
> I watch the ethernet card on machine 2, the lights blink as it gets
> pinged, but the response never makes it back to answer the ping. Also
> I noticed the linux machine has an ip address of 205.152.191.26
> and a network address of 205.152.191.16 and when I type "route"
> it will hang there. If I remove the 205.152.191.16 route, no hang.
> I also did a traceroute on the ip of the second machine which is
> 205.152.191.27 and it stops at 205.152.191.26 which is linux. These
> tests were done from a location not on the local network. Why wont
> linux allow packets from the second machine to get to the net. Kernel
> is 2.0.28 .. Ip forwarding is in the kernel also. Netmask is currently
> set up at 255.255.255.240 .. I would appreciate all input on this
> subject. 2nd machine is running win95 tcp/ip.
> Thank You
> Rich
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