hi All....

I have been given an assignment to bring one of the SME server which is based on (red hat platform) on internet...

i tried all but all in vain..

i ll let u knw the configurations..

im connected to the sme server by ssh 4m the system i want ot use it as gateway.....this system is Xandros..

now whn i type route -n in ssh to sme server i get


Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
(222.111.9.0) 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
(127.0.0.0) 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
(0.0.0.0) 222.111.9.30 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0

the host file in sme server is as follows..


127.0.0.1 localhost
222.111.9.1 shreyan-sme.shreyan.bus shreyan-sme

the hosts.allow is

#ALL:Shreyan-xandros.shreyan-xandros
only written the main option......

the hosts.deny file is

ALL:PARANOID

hosts.conf is

order bind hosts
multi on

resolv.conf is

nameserver XXXX.XXXX.XXXX.XXXX My Isp Dns

i want to assign the sme server of address 222.111.9.1 default gateway of 222.111.9.30 and use internet from the server.....

whn i use the following command

route add -net 222.111.9.1 gw 222.111.9.30 netmask 255.255.255.0 dev eth0
it shows netmask doesnt match route address...

plz tell me wat to do..

well im new to linux..any help will be helpful to me..


Thanks All.....

try netmask 255.255.255.255

ermm looks like u attempting to use korean ip_address in your LAN

dude. if LAN u LAN IP eg

(1)192.168.0.X/255
(2)192.168.1.X/255

then u can use netmask 255.255.255.0

You are trying to assign a default gateway, correct? If so, the target used in the "route" command is 0.0.0.0/0. So...

-or- using the non CIDR method

BTW: If I understood your post correctly, then the default gateway of this system is already set to 222.111.9.30

Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
(222.111.9.0) 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
(127.0.0.0) 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
(0.0.0.0) 222.111.9.30 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 <----

yes gateway is set but i dont knw y im not able to ping yahoo or any other sire 4m this server

it shows...
pinging www.yahoo.akadns.net [66.94.230.75] with 32 bytes of data:
destination net unreachable

Basically, the output from ping is stating it is unable to reach your network. duh!

Your route tables look good, although I do not know why the destination field of the "route -n" command is shown in parens.

1) Are you sure your network address is correct? i.e. 222.111.9.0/24

2) Are you sure the default gateway is correct for your network address?

3) Are you sure layers 1 and 2 of the network OSI model are working? i.e. cable plugged into NIC and a link lite.

4) type: ifconfig eth0
Check to see if the interface is transmitting/receiving data -or- if there are any errors associated with the interface. Also, is the broadcast address correct?

Thats all I got.
Good Luck!

yes the network address is correct ....

no i have written in parens for everyone to recognize its all congested thts y..

yes whn i ping 222.111.9.30 4m ...SME Server ie...222.111.9.1 it gets reply..

before adding the route i was getting message .for ping www.yahoo.com as unknown host ...after adding route im getting as..destination host unrechable.

by doing ifconfig i get

my ip as 222.111.9.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 and broadcast as 255.255.255.0

Check out your broadcast address. Based on your network address/netmask, it should be 222.111.9.255

oops broadcast is 222.111.9.255 ......any idea ...where the probs must be

tried the following command...

route add -net 222.111.9.1 gw 222.111.9.30 netmask 255.255.255.255 dev eth0

my route table shows.. route -n

Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
222.111.9.1 222.111.9.30 255.255.255.255 UGH 0 0 0 eth0
222.111.9.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
0.0.0.0 222.111.9.30 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0

and whn i ping www.yahoo.com it shows..

PING www.yahoo.akadns.net (66.94.230.75) from 222.111.9.1 : 56(84) bytes of data.
From 23.1.1.5 icmp_seq=1 Destination Net Unreachable


???????????? any ideas.....................................

Your routing table should look like below:

Hope eradication of that first entry in the route table you had above clears your problem.

Thanks friends....Finally im able to download rpm's 4m my server...by help of u all...

but knw wat...still whn i ping www.yahoo.com 4m server i get destination net unreachable...

but no worries now i have installed the rpms 4m internet...n my Assignment is complete..

Thanks again