Re: [gentoo-user] baselayout-1.12.* and "Network is unreachable"

[Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com>]

> > >This all I have for eth0 is /etc/conf.d/net :
> > >
> > >routes_eth0="default via 192.168.1.1"
> > >config_eth0="192.168.1.2"
> > >
> > >Can anyone help me with this?
> > >
> > >- Grant
> >
> > I'm very sorry about the subject line.  It should have read:
> >
> > "baselayout-1.12.* and "Network is unreachable"
>
>   I don't see the original, so I'm replying to this message.  My
> (somewhat non-standard) setup has the following lines...
>
> config_eth0="192.168.123.252 broadcast 192.168.123.255 netmask 255.255.255.248 mtu 1454"
> routes_eth0=("default via 192.168.123.254")
>
>   I think that you should specify netmask and the broadcast address in
> "config_eth0".  First, we need to know...
>   - what IP address range is allocated to the machines behind the router?
>   - what IP address does the router display to the machines behind it
>     (presumably on eth1)?
>
>   I've dealt with a multi-port router sitting behind a single-port ADSL
> modem, and I'm aware that you have to take care that they don't step on
> each other's address ranges.

Thank you very much.  That fixed it, I needed to specify the netmask.

- Grant
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