Hi all,
I am running Fedora Core 2. I am using a broadband LAN and have a static ip. Under windows, I can connect to the internet after specify the ip adress, dns and gateway. However, in linux, that doesn't work anymore. I try all the way to setup the LAN but when I ping the dns or gateway, i was told that THE NETWORK IS UNREACHABLE

here is what I did

1) issue #netconfig to setup the ip, dns and gateway
2) #cat /etc/resolv.conf
to make sure the dns is added
3) #cat /etc/hosts
to make sure my static address is added
4) route add default gw x.x.x.x eth0
but FAIL, report THE NETWORK IS UNREACHABLE
5) startx and run the GUI-network configuration program, then active the network card eth0
6) everything is done, so I restart the network service
service network restart
7) ping my gateway or dns gives
THE NETWORK IS UNREACHABLE

Here is my routing table

Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
211.50.0.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo

What's going on? How can I setup a LAN? Any one help me out?

Thanks in advance.

Try adding the route with:
route add default gw x.x.x.x dev eth0

It's reporting the network as unreachable because you don't have a default route set up.

In theory, you just need to do:
Replace IP with the IP address of your router.

Hope that helps,

— Robert J. Lee

Thanks. But when I try to setup a default gateway using the route, it tells

The network is unreachable !!!

Just to make sure, when the network is 211.50.0.0/255.255.255.0, the IP address of the default route you want to set up is in the network - that is 211.50.0.*
Otherwise, it of course won't work.
R.