Hi Klaus, Thanks for the suggestions. I've tried them out, but still have no joy.
If I try setting a gateway by hand: ansum:~# route add default gw 66.203.194.255 SIOCADDRT: Network is unreachable ansum:~# After reading the man page for dhclient, I checked out my /var/lib/dhcp3/dhclient.leases file. It was updated when I restarted dhclient and contains lease { interface "eth0"; fixed-address 66.203.194.60; filename "vxworks"; option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0; option routers 66.203.194.1; option dhcp-lease-time 10800; option dhcp-message-type 5; option domain-name-servers 66.203.195.237; option dhcp-server-identifier 66.203.195.237; option broadcast-address 66.203.194.255; option domain-name "cp.telus.net"; renew 6 2004/4/24 00:03:15; rebind 6 2004/4/24 01:13:58; expire 6 2004/4/24 01:36:28; } So, again it looks like dhclient is getting everything it needs to, but the rest of the computer isn't being told that. Any ideas, or should I submit a bug report? Cheers, David On Fri, 23 Apr 2004, Klaus Ita wrote: > Hi David! > first of all i forgot on which list that was. maybe you can rereply on > the list so others can also gain from our knowledge. > > maybe (if u are in control of the dhcp-server) the default-gateway is > not set? > > you can influence the routing table yourself. mine looks like that > > > Kernel IP routing table > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface > 192.168.102.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 > 0.0.0.0 192.168.102.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 > > you will definitely need the lower line which you can get with a command > like: > route set default gw [so.me.ip.ad.re.ss] > if you only have one interface. look up in "man route" if you need more > special setup. > but that route not found/network unreachable is _always_ a sign that the > routing doesn't work. > > rather try pinging 66.102.9.104 than www.google.com in order to find > out if everything works. > > good luck, > klaus > > * David Ballantyne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-04-23 22:24: > > > From: David Ballantyne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: problems with dhclient after upgrade to sarge > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Hi Klaus, > > > > Sorry for not responding sooner, but I'm not subscribed to the list, so it > > took me a while to find your messeage. > > > > In response to your questions: > > > > > what does 'route -an' give you? > > > > I first ran /sbin/dhclient, and I get all the normal looking stuff. Then > > running 'route -n' gives: > > > > ansum:~# route -n > > Kernel IP routing table > > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use > > Iface > > ansum:~# > > > > So, there's nothing there. > > > > > what does 'cat /etc/resolv.conf' give you? > > > > ansum:~# cat /etc/resolv.conf > > search cp.telus.net > > nameserver 66.203.195.237 > > > > Looks normal... > > > > > you are getting an ip, obviously, so maybe try pinging your dhcp server? > > > > ansum:~# ping 66.203.194.1 > > PING 66.203.194.1 (66.203.194.1): 56 data bytes > > ping: send to: Network is unreachable > > ping: wrote 66.203.194.1 64 chars, ret=-1 > > ping: send to: Network is unreachable > > . > > . > > . > > So, even though dhcp seems to be working, the rest of the computer is > > etting the message. Does this narrow the problem down at all? > > > > Thanks, > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- David R. Ballantyne Ph: 416-978-1775 Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics Fax: 416-978-3921 University of Toronto, 60 St. George Street, Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Toronto, Ontario Canada M5S 3H8 Web: http://www.cita.utoronto.ca/~ballanty/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]