From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 265A7138010 for ; Fri, 7 Sep 2012 04:16:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 932D9E0686; Fri, 7 Sep 2012 04:16:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com (ironport2-out.teksavvy.com [206.248.154.182]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4B57E066B for ; Fri, 7 Sep 2012 04:14:39 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AgsKAG6Zu0+4rxHz/2dsb2JhbABEsnYDgRiBCIIWAQU6HDMLNBIUJTeIDroJiwhagUSCPGIDjT6HXIVfiDqBWIMF X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.75,637,1330923600"; d="scan'208";a="197757980" Received: from 184-175-17-243.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO waltdnes.org) ([184.175.17.243]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with SMTP; 07 Sep 2012 00:14:38 -0400 Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 07 Sep 2012 00:14:00 -0400 From: "Walter Dnes" Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2012 00:14:00 -0400 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] static IP issue Message-ID: <20120907041400.GA2376@waltdnes.org> References: <20120906112617.M24674@xvalheru.org> <20120906121953.M58243@xvalheru.org> <20120906140022.12cce964@digimed.co.uk> <20120906131124.M82006@xvalheru.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120906131124.M82006@xvalheru.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Archives-Salt: f48eb40b-e0a5-4915-901d-65cc5d3a69c7 X-Archives-Hash: 2e3fa9d5a567a8d62d607024d3aadbfb On Thu, Sep 06, 2012 at 02:13:04PM +0100, pat wrote > On Thu, 6 Sep 2012 14:00:22 +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote > > > > Please post contents of /etc/conf.d/net > > > > -- > > Neil Bothwick > > > > Top Oxymorons Number 5: Twelve-ounce pound cake > > Here it is. config_eth0="192.168.74.101 netmask 255.255.255.0" #routes_eth0="default via 8.8.8.8" routes_eth0="default via 192.168.74.1" I assume 192.168.74.1 is your modem. Correct? No mention of broadcast address. I don't know if that's critical or not. Try either of the following... config_eth0="192.168.74.101 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.74.255" routes_eth0="default via 192.168.74.1" or config_eth0="192.168.74.101/24 broadcast 192.168.74.255" routes_eth0="default via 192.168.74.1" -- Walter Dnes I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications