On Tue, Apr 10, 2001 at 09:25:09AM -0500, Dave Sherohman wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 09, 2001 at 04:24:00PM -0600, Cameron Matheson wrote:
> > I just finished installing Debian 2.2r2 at work (boss gave me
> > permission), but I don't know how to get the net working through a
> > gateway. We have a linux server (192.168.0.1). I added it to the
> > /etc/network/interfaces file (as the gateway), but when I try to apt-get
> > w/ http (for dist-upgrade), it can't connect to any servers. Lynx
> > doesn't work either. What else do I have to do? Please help, as I'm
> > trying to make Linux look as good as it is.
>
> First off, ping the gateway, just to be sure that eth0 is able to
> communicate with it. I'm going to assume that this works.
If Cameron's situation is like mine (mine's at home, with a gateway 129.168.1.1)
he will not get a response from pinging the gateway. I also installed 2.2R2
and cannot get this to work, though my other computer Debian unstable has no
troubles.
>
> Next, do a `route -n` like everyone else has said, and make sure that
> there's a line that says
>
> 0.0.0.0 <gateway's IP> 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
>
> I'm going to assume this is correct also.
This is correct on mine, yet still not able to ping the gateway.
Cameron: Does this sound like your situation also?
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