Linux Network Settings
 

Hello all,

I am trying to add a Linux machine to my network. I am very new at this, and my minimal experience was over a year ago.

I used the ifconfig eth0 to set the IP Address & the Mask, the Bcast was set automatically.

As I still can't ping the Linux machine from my LAN, I think it is my gateway addr. (Currently 0.0.0.0).

I JUST DON"T KNOW HOW TO CHANGE IT :( and cant see to find the correct command parameters.

Anyone?

try this,

route add default gw xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

more info would be helpfull, distro, etc.

have you tried running netconfig?

Running SuSE 7.3

I added the gw as per your instructions, but when I ifconfig I see the following:

TX packets:0 errors:10 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:20

could we see the output of ifconfig, and route -n, also try running netconf.

what is the full output of ifconfig and route,

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr00:20:18:56:81:xx
inet addr:10.1.10.21 Bcast:10.255.255.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::220:18ff:fe56:817b/10 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:10 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:20
TX packets:0 errors:10 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:20
Collision:170 txqueuen:100
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:724 (724.0 b

OOPS, Not complete. 1 min. please

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr00:20:18:56:81:xx
inet addr:10.1.10.21 Bcast:10.255.255.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::220:18ff:fe56:817b/10 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:20
TX packets:0 errors:10 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:20
Collision:170 txqueuen:100
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:724 (724.0 b)
Interrupt:17 Base address:0xc000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.0 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:32 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:32 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
Collision:0 txqueuen:0
RX bytes:2184 (2.1 Kb) TX Bytes:2184 (2.1 Kb)

route -n

Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
10.1.10.1 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
0.0.0.0 10.1.10.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0

have a look at this

http://portal.suse.com/sdb/en/1999/12/nic.html

good luck.

Followed the link you gave me. I used YAST to config the eth0, but I am still having a problem.

YAST - Set the IP, Mask & GW

When I exit YAST, ifconfig down, ifconfig up & route -n

I see the correct IP & Mask BUT THE WRONG GW. This makes no sense to me. I also tried to add default gw, but that does not change the gw of my interface (eth0), it displays an additional line when I route -n.

Any suggestions?

Thanks.