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Network unreachable in Slackware 13.37

Hello all,

I am using Slackware 13.37 (official, fresh and full
installation) on my desktop. With Slackware 13.0 I can connect to
the VPN server of my office without any problem. But with Slackware
13.37, when I execute the command `ip route get 172.16.2.13' I get
the following error message: {{{

RTNETLINK answers: Network is unreachable

}}}

and with `ifconfig -a' I get {{{

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1D:60:2F:30:5B
inet6 addr: fe80::21d:60ff:fe2f:305b/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:37 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:3589 (3.5 Kb) TX bytes:468 (468.0 b)
Interrupt:40

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:270 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:270 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:21964 (21.4 Kb) TX bytes:21964 (21.4 Kb)
}}}

Any help would be gratefully appreciated.

Thanks

It looks like eth0 is purely IPv6. If that's the case, your "ip route get <ipv4addr>" command won't return anything.

How are you bringing up eth0?

Try to install wicd, set this up and check if that helps.

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How are you bringing up eth0?

I use "ifconfig eth0 up" to bring up the eth0.

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Try to install wicd, set this up and check if that helps.

Unfortunately `wicd' does not work with VPN server here. So I use
`pptp-1.7.2' and `pptpd-1.3.4' which work fine on Slackware 13.0.

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Originally Posted by dma8hm1956 (Post 4383296)

I use "ifconfig eth0 up" to bring up the eth0.

You don't use /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf and /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 to configure the interface first?

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You don't use /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf and /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 to configure the interface first?

I tried to use `/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf' and `/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1' (after
`netconfig') but as they didn't work I used `ifconfig eth0 up'.

Were you using rc.inet1 and its conf file in Slackware 13.0?

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Were you using rc.inet1 and its conf file in Slackware 13.0?

Yes, I am using the same configuration as in Slackware 13.0 exactly.

None of us owns a crystall ball here. So unless you show your actual configuration, no one will be able to help you troubleshoot.

Eric

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None of us owns a crystall ball here. So unless you show your actual configuration, no one will be able to help you troubleshoot

My `/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf' is as below. Please let me know if anything else is needed.

Code:

# /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf

#

# This file contains the configuration settings for network interfaces.

# If USE_DHCP[interface] is set to "yes", this overrides any other settings.

# If you don't have an interface, leave the settings null ("").



# You can configure network interfaces other than eth0,eth1... by setting

# IFNAME[interface] to the interface's name. If IFNAME[interface] is unset

# or empty, it is assumed you're configuring eth<interface>.



# Several other parameters are available, the end of this file contains a

# comprehensive set of examples.



# =============================================================================



# Config information for eth0:

IPADDR[0]=""

NETMASK[0]=""

USE_DHCP[0]="yes"

DHCP_HOSTNAME[0]=""



# Config information for eth1:

IPADDR[1]=""

NETMASK[1]=""

USE_DHCP[1]=""

DHCP_HOSTNAME[1]=""



# Config information for eth2:

IPADDR[2]=""

NETMASK[2]=""

USE_DHCP[2]=""

DHCP_HOSTNAME[2]=""



# Config information for eth3:

IPADDR[3]=""

NETMASK[3]=""

USE_DHCP[3]=""

DHCP_HOSTNAME[3]=""



# Default gateway IP address:

GATEWAY=""



# Change this to "yes" for debugging output to stdout.  Unfortunately,

# /sbin/hotplug seems to disable stdout so you'll only see debugging output

# when rc.inet1 is called directly.

DEBUG_ETH_UP="no"



## Example config information for wlan0.  Uncomment the lines you need and fill

## in your info.  (You may not need all of these for your wireless network)

#IFNAME[4]="wlan0"

#IPADDR[4]=""

#NETMASK[4]=""

#USE_DHCP[4]="yes"

#DHCP_HOSTNAME[4]="icculus-wireless"

#DHCP_KEEPRESOLV[4]="yes"

#DHCP_KEEPNTP[4]="yes"

#DHCP_KEEPGW[4]="yes"

#DHCP_IPADDR[4]=""

#WLAN_ESSID[4]=BARRIER05

#WLAN_MODE[4]=Managed

##WLAN_RATE[4]="54M auto"

##WLAN_CHANNEL[4]="auto"

##WLAN_KEY[4]="D5AD1F04ACF048EC2D0B1C80C7"

##WLAN_IWPRIV[4]="set AuthMode=WPAPSK | set EncrypType=TKIP | set WPAPSK=96389dc66eaf7e6efd5b5523ae43c7925ff4df2f8b7099495192d44a774fda16"

#WLAN_WPA[4]="wpa_supplicant"

#WLAN_WPADRIVER[4]="ndiswrapper"



## Some examples of additional network parameters that you can use.

## Config information for wlan0:

#IFNAME[4]="wlan0"              # Use a different interface name nstead of

                                # the default 'eth4'

#HWADDR[4]="00:01:23:45:67:89"  # Overrule the card's hardware MAC address

#MTU[4]=""                      # The default MTU is 1500, but you might need

                                # 1360 when you use NAT'ed IPSec traffic.

#DHCP_KEEPRESOLV[4]="yes"      # If you dont want /etc/resolv.conf overwritten

#DHCP_KEEPNTP[4]="yes"          # If you don't want ntp.conf overwritten

#DHCP_KEEPGW[4]="yes"          # If you don't want the DHCP server to change

                                # your default gateway

#DHCP_IPADDR[4]=""              # Request a specific IP address from the DHCP

                                # server

#WLAN_ESSID[4]=DARKSTAR        # Here, you can override _any_ parameter

                                # defined in rc.wireless.conf, by prepending

                                # 'WLAN_' to the parameter's name. Useful for

                                # those with multiple wireless interfaces.

#WLAN_IWPRIV[4]="set AuthMode=WPAPSK | set EncrypType=TKIP | set WPAPSK=thekey"

                                # Some drivers require a private ioctl to be

                                # set through the iwpriv command. If more than

                                # one is required, you can place them in the

                                # IWPRIV parameter (separated with the pipe (|)

                                # character, see the example).

Thanks! Could you also give us the contents of /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules?

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Thanks! Could you also give us the contents of /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules?

The content of my `/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules' is:

Code:

# This file was automatically generated by the /lib/udev/write_net_rules

# program, run by the persistent-net-generator.rules rules file.

#

# You can modify it, as long as you keep each rule on a single

# line, and change only the value of the NAME= key.



# PCI device 0x10ec:0x8168 (r8169)

SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="00:1d:60:2f:30:5b", ATTR{dev_id}=="0x0", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth0"

But on Slackware 13.0 it is:

Code:

# This file was automatically generated by the //lib/udev/write_net_rules

# program, run by the persistent-net-generator.rules rules file.

#

# You can modify it, as long as you keep each rule on a single

# line, and change only the value of the NAME= key.



# PCI device 0x10ec:0x8168 (r8169)

SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="00:1d:60:2f:30:5b", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth0"