no default gateway?

asheridan · n00b Joined: 08 Aug 2004 Posts: 2

All --

I just switched my eth0 device from dhcp to a static ip. My /etc/conf.d/net file is essentially the following (with comments removed, etc.):

iface_eth0="192.168.0.128 broadcast 192.168.0.255 netmask 255.255.255.0"
gateway="eth0/192.168.0.1"

With this configuration, an /etc/init.d/net.eth0 restart gives the following error:

netmmask: Unknown host
ifconfig: `--help' gives usage information. [ !! ]

.. and I am unable to ping an address outside my LAN. Also, the "route" command does not show a default gateway in the routing table. If I give the command:

%> route add default gw 192.168.0.1

Then everything works fine (e.g. I can ping google.com).

It appears as though the gateway="eth0/192.168.0.1" line in the /etc/conf.d/net file is being ignored.

Does anyone have any ideas how to fix this? Is this a bug, or I have I missed some configuration file that I need to change somewhere.

Thanks in advance.
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NeddySeagoon · Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2004 7:30 pm Post subject:

asheridan,

From your error message, I would guess that yoy have a typo
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asheridan · n00b Joined: 08 Aug 2004 Posts: 2

Damn!

I was wondering what the extra "m" in "netmmask" was for. In fact, my

iface_eth0="192.168.0.128 broadcast 192.168.0.255 netmask 255.255.255.0"

...line did have an extra "m" in "netmask".

I don't know how many times I read that line looking for typos. Sometimes it just takes an extra set of eyes...

Thanks. It works now.
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NeddySeagoon · Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2004 8:53 pm Post subject:

asheridan,

Always copy and paste when you post. You would have seen it just after you hit send. It lets your readers see what you have really got too.
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srlinuxx · l33t Joined: 22 Nov 2003 Posts: 627

I've had trouble with that
gateway="eth0/113.456.789.101

I have to remove that eth0 for mine stuff to work whether it's dhcp or static.

you might try that.

hth,
-susan
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