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 ABDCB138010 for ; Fri, 7 Sep 2012 11:46:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C4F1421C0AE; Fri, 7 Sep 2012 11:45:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.pipni.cz (mail.pipni.cz [93.185.104.5]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFA9621C092 for ; Fri, 7 Sep 2012 11:41:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.pipni.cz ([93.185.104.5] helo=xvalheru.org) id 1T9wvl-0005Nn-GJ for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Fri, 07 Sep 2012 13:41:01 +0200 From: "pat" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] static IP issue Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2012 12:41:01 +0100 Message-Id: <20120907114031.M35703@xvalheru.org> In-Reply-To: <20120907041400.GA2376@waltdnes.org> References: <20120906112617.M24674@xvalheru.org> <20120906121953.M58243@xvalheru.org> <20120906140022.12cce964@digimed.co.uk> <20120906131124.M82006@xvalheru.org> <20120907041400.GA2376@waltdnes.org> X-Mailer: OpenWebMail 3.00 20120307 643 X-OriginatingIP: 193.179.215.76 (pat@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=iso-8859-1 X-pipni-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-pipni-MailScanner-ID: 1T9wvl-0005Nn-GJ X-pipni-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-pipni-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-3.398, required 6, autolearn=not spam, AWL 0.00, BAYES_00 -1.90, FSL_RCVD_USER 0.00, KHOP_THREADED -1.50, UNPARSEABLE_RELAY 0.00) X-pipni-MailScanner-From: pat@xvalheru.org X-Spam-Status: No X-Archives-Salt: 31b86013-a5ac-412e-90d1-a4ed776c84a6 X-Archives-Hash: 41d3bfaaeb3acb09a0b9fa1acaf641a3 On Fri, 7 Sep 2012 00:14:00 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote > 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 > Doesn't help :-( Thanks Pat ---------------------------------------- Freehosting PIPNI - http://www.pipni.cz/