Hi,
I am a newbie to Linux and am currently using it with a dev board on MPC857DSL.

I am unable to ping out from my host on to my network.

ifconfig output look like this:

[root@utfae root]# ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:10:A4:B5:F8:E1
inet addr:192.168.33.201 Bcast:xx.xx.xx.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:7194 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:57 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:602305 (588.1KB) TX bytes: 2682 (2.6kB)
Interrupt:11 Base address:0x4000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:142 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:142 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:10402 (10.1 kB) TX bytes: 10402 (10.1 kB)

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[root@utfae root]# netstat -nr
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface
192.168.33.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 40 0 0 eth0
127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 40 0 0 lo
0.0.0.0 192.168.33.250 0.0.0.0 UG 40 0 0 eth0

Even if I add the route {route add utfae gw xxx.xxx.xx.250} :
root@utfae root]# netstat -nr
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface
192.168.33.201 192.168.33.250 255.255.255.255 UGH 40 0 0 eth0 192.168.33.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 40 0 0 eth0
127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 40 0 0 lo
0.0.0.0 192.168.33.250 0.0.0.0 UG 40 0 0 eth0

And every time the system reboots the routing table is the previous one.

Any help???? Please.

how is your network set up? Is it hubbed switched, or do you have a router? How many computers do you have hooked up??

The network is through a router.

Anyway, I just managed to bring it up. Don't ask me which command helped. I tried a whole bunch of them. Thanks for your help!

BTW, has anyone worked on the MPC857IAD board?