"Mikkel L. Ellertson" wrote: > > At 09:28 AM 1/7/00 +1100, you wrote: > >Hi guys. > > > >A while ago I setup some RH Linux machines to work on our LAN. They all > >worked fine. I was recently asked to setup another machine from scratch > >to work on the LAN. I have modified /etc/resolv.conf, /etc/hosts, > >/etc/sysconfig/network and /etc/conf.modules appropriately. I have > >assigned it a name and IP at the name server. For some reason or > >another it just isn't working, though. > > > >The output of ifconfig looks fine and dandy. However, route has an > >extremely long delay before displaying the last line of the "Kernel IP > >routing table". Here is a copy of the output (retyped meticulously, as > >I don't have network access on that machine): > > > >Kernel IP routing table > >Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use > >Iface > >129.78.8.203 * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 > >eth0 > >129.78.8.0 * 255.255.252.0 U 0 0 0 > >eth0 > >127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 > >lo > >default 129.78.11.254 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 > >eth0 > > > >That last line is the IP of the gateway. > > > ># grep "^254" /var/named/11.78.129.IN-ADDR.ARPA > >254 IN PTR br-f09-2.gw.usyd.edu.au. > > > >Any help would be much appreciated. I'm currently stumped after > >rereading all the documentation and finding that I've (apparently) done > >everything correctly. > > > >I can find no difference in those config files I've mentioned between > >the new machine and the old (working) machines. So, is there a file > >that I've entirely forgotten about and missed in the documentation? > > > >ps. The NIC uses the tulip driver. Both the NIC and driver are the > >same as those used by the other machines that work. > >pps. It would be great if you could reply both to the list and to my > >e-mail address. > > > >-- > >David > > > David, did you remember to update the serial number on the > 11.78.129.IN-ADDR.ARPA file, and did you tell named to re-read > the file? Thanks for the sound suggestion, but I just solved the problem. The network card was having a fight with a Cisco Catalyst 4000 ... they couldn't decide what to negotiate their duplex and speed to. I forced it to 100FD and that fixed it: set port speed 3/42 100 set port duplex 3/42 full Thanks anyway. -- David. -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
