Collins Richey wrote:
> 
> Just finished installing the avialbale iso offering - no problems with the
> install or booting afterwards, but ...

Hrm, that sourceforge mirror makes us problems. We removed the iso from
ibiblio a few weeks ago, because
security holes where detected in some packages, but sourceforge ignores
that changes for their mirror.

I suggest using the latest sys snapshot.

> 
> What's the trick to get gentoo to talk to the internet?
> 
> Here's my setup and the results.
> 
>         I have a generic tulip card which is hop two on a local lan connected to
> cable (att@home).
>         modprobe tulip allows me to bring up eth0
>         my ip address is 192.168.0.2
>         ping 192.168.0.1 (the server with the cable connection) works ok
>         ping www.xxx gets the ip address (so resolv.conf is ok and dns is working)
>         ping xx.xx.xx.xx hangs (any address out there on the internet)
> 
> Any suggestions?
Make sure you set the GATEWAY to 192.168.0.1 in
/etc/rc.d/config/inet.eth0 and make sure your server connected
to the internet supports forwarding.

bye achim~

> 
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> Collins Richey
> Denver Area
> Sybil test system (reiserfs)
> 
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