here is the routing table for the computer I'm currently on
Code:
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
link-local * 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
loopback * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
default 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
I can ping 192.168.1.2 (myself) and localhost and I can ping 192.168.1.1 and perform DNS name lookups and ping external ip addresses.
On my fresh gentoo install, my routing table is exactly the same without the link-local entry.
Code:
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
loopback localhost 255.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 lo
default 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
except now I can only ping 192.168.1.2 (myself) and localhost, NOT 192.168.1.1 or anything else for that matter.
I know its not the ethernet card (on board gigabyte) because the previous SUSE 9.3 install worked perfectly fine.
thanks for your time.