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From: pat <pat@××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] static IP issue
Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2012 11:46:45
Message-Id: 20120907114031.M35703@xvalheru.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] static IP issue by Walter Dnes
1 On Fri, 7 Sep 2012 00:14:00 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote
2 > On Thu, Sep 06, 2012 at 02:13:04PM +0100, pat wrote
3 > > On Thu, 6 Sep 2012 14:00:22 +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote
4 > > >
5 > > > Please post contents of /etc/conf.d/net
6 > > >
7 > > > --
8 > > > Neil Bothwick
9 > > >
10 > > > Top Oxymorons Number 5: Twelve-ounce pound cake
11 > >
12 > > Here it is.
13 >
14 > config_eth0="192.168.74.101 netmask 255.255.255.0"
15 > #routes_eth0="default via 8.8.8.8"
16 > routes_eth0="default via 192.168.74.1"
17 >
18 > I assume 192.168.74.1 is your modem. Correct? No mention of
19 > broadcast address. I don't know if that's critical or not. Try either
20 > of the following...
21 >
22 > config_eth0="192.168.74.101 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.74.255"
23 > routes_eth0="default via 192.168.74.1"
24 >
25 > or
26 >
27 > config_eth0="192.168.74.101/24 broadcast 192.168.74.255"
28 > routes_eth0="default via 192.168.74.1"
29 >
30 > --
31 > Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
32 > I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications
33 >
34
35 Doesn't help :-(
36
37 Thanks
38
39 Pat
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