On Tue, 13 Sep 2016 09:54:08 +0100 Darac Marjal sent:
> On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 04:26:55PM +1000, Charlie wrote:
> >
> >Hello Debian Users,
> >
> >I have a network issue that I find perplexing:
> >
> >When I do: # netstat -r -n
> >
> >or
> >
> ># route
> >
> >Kernel IP routing table
> >Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface
> >0.0.0.0 10.80.2.85 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
> >10.80.2.84 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.252 U 0 0 0 eth0
>
> This translates as "For 10.80.2.84 to 10.80.2.87, talk directly to
> the host, otherwise gateway through 10.80.2.85".
>
> You don't mention how this route has been allocated, though. Are you
> using DHCP and these routes are being offered to you by a router?
> Have you entered them manually in /etc/network/interfaces?
The gateway is a satellite modem that has been supplied by the national
satellite service.
The Debian Linux testing box declares it, as mentioned above, on the
command line with either of the two commands mentioned above also.
The windows 10 box, says the IP address of the gateway is different to
the Debian system, which unfortunately I have been quoting, [as above]?
[cringing] Thinking it was right, and obviously not.
The windows 10 box, on the admin command line type: ipconfig/all
Shows me the DNS, the ipv4 gateway as mentioned etc., etc..
The Linux system uses DHCP, is that a bad thing?
Windows 10 has DHCP enabled as well. Is that a bad thing? Has
autoconfiguration enabled also.
Anyway windows 10 has it right apparently, Debian does not.
So If I want to make a complaint in the future, will have to trouble
shoot it with the windows 10 system.
Obviously no explanation for the different numbers.
Ce la vie. Thanks for the input.
> >
> >But when I check it through my windows box it comes up as it should,
> >according to my ISP, with the gateway being 10.80.2.86
>
> Again, you don't detail how Windows has got this information.
>
> At the moment, the problem could simply be that you mis-typed one or
> other of the IP addresses when entering them.
>
> >
> >What is happening? Is it allowed to be that slack, one or the other?
After contemplation, my reply is:
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