> In a small office network of five NT machines and one Linux box, what should > the gateway be set to? to the host with connection to an external network connection, if any.
> The IP block is 198.168.1.x, the netmask is 255.255.255.0 and the WINS/DHCP > server is on 192.168.1.10 All the NT machines function well with no > gateway setting, but the Linux box demands one. strange. is there a route like 192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 defined? if you need a gateway box (e.g. for internet dial-in), then you have to add default gateway-ip 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 hope, that helps a bit. -- Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature, please! -- Linux - the last service pack you'll ever need.
