Hi,
I recently installed Madrake 9.2(Mdk 9.2).
I have a cable connection , as in i have a NIC(I have a D-Link but linux detects it as a Relatek fast ethernet..something like 8139too) which connects to a router/NAT etc; without any proxy.

I have a static IP 10.71.1.149
Default Gateway address :10.71.0.1
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 OR 255.255.0.0 (both work)
Server Address: 10.71.0.1
DNS: 202.134.160.7 /202.134.160.8

I configured the LAN from MCC but it din work.So later i manually configured the files as follows:
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/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0

DEVICE=eth0
ONBOOT=yes
BOOTPROTO=static
IPADDR=10.71.1.149
NETWORK=10.71.1.0 #this should be the server address right?/

When i change this NETWORK parameter to point to 10.71.0.1 (which is my actual server/gateway address...)
ifup eth0 give me a REALNETLINK answers: Invalid Arguments ERROR.
Otherwise ifup works fine.
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/etc/resolv.conf

nameserver 202.134.160.7
nameserver 202.134.160.8
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ifconfig -a works fine. As in it shows me that the subnet mask and the IP is bound to my NIC.
So no problems there.
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Results of route

Destination Gateway GenMask Flags Metric Ref Use IFace

10.71.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0

there's one more entry here for localhost...i thinkit doesnt matter in this context.
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Now given the scenario i am able to ping the gateway/server (10.71.0.1).
I am also able to ping my own IP (which should be obvious).

However whenever i try to ping an external IP (Google for instance) or any IP not on my network..i get a "Destination Host Unreachable" error.

I'm presuming its a route problem but am not able to figure out what to do to resolve this.

Could some one help me asap.

Thanks in advance.



P.S : Its a dual boot with WinXP and Win98. The Internet works fine on both.perfect.

I am not clear on the actual setup but I am assuming you have cable feed ->router->pc? . If this is the case and the router is using the address 10.71.0.1 then the problem you have is that you are using a different subnet for your network. You need to connect on the same subnet i.e set the address of eth0 to 10.71.0.2 with same netmask as the router and then use the 10.71.0.1 as the gateway.

the setup is as follows:
My NIC--->Router--->Internet. (i think this is similar to wot u were talking about tiger!)

also, on winXP box i use the settings as follows::

IP: 10.71.1.149
subnet mask :255.255.255.0 /255.255.0.0 (it wrks on either)
dns :202.134.160.7 and 202.134.160.8
Gateway: 10.71.0.1
Server address: 10.71.0.1

since i could ping my gateway i was presuming tht there was some issue with the route.

Is there some setting that i could make or something i could try to resolve this thing?
Please let me know.

Thank you very much.

I have 10.71.1.149 as a static IP assigned to me by the provider.

Its been solved. I changed the subnet mask.
Also, in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0...........the network was somehow set to 10.71.0.1. After configuring the MCC again......the settings changed to 10.71.0.0 and the whole thing just started functioning properly.

Thanks a lot for ur help guys.