[ale] routing and networking

Tri merlintm at bellsouth.net
Sat Apr 10 16:59:35 EDT 1999


I also get this when I ping the other computer:
PING 192.168.1.2 (192.168.1.2): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 192.168.1.2: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=0.3 ms
wrong data byte #10 should be 0xa but was 0x9
 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1a 1b 1c 1d 1e 1f 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2a 2b
2c 2d 2e 2f 30 31 32
 33 34 35 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
64 bytes from 192.168.1.2: icmp_seq=2 ttl=255 time=0.3 ms
wrong data byte #14 should be 0xe but was 0xd
 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1a 1b 1c 1d 1e 1f 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2a 2b
2c 2d 2e 2f 30 31 32
 33 34 35 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

--- 192.168.1.2 ping statistics ---
5 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 60% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 0.3/0.3/0.3 ms

Something tells me this isn't right. ;-)

Tri

-----Original Message-----
 From: Venkatesh Dattathri <venkat at csl.uta.edu>
To: ale at ale.org <ale at ale.org>
Date: Saturday, April 10, 1999 3:49 PM
Subject: Re: [ale] routing and networking


>
>Hi Tri,
>
>
>On Sat, 10 Apr 1999, Tri wrote:
>
>> >From Tri:
>> Here's more info about the situation
>>
>> Here is what I get from netstat -nr:
>> Kernel IP routing table
>> Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags   MSS Window  irtt
>> Iface
>> 192.168.1.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U                0 0
>> 0  eth0
>>
>> Here's what I get from ifconfig eth0:
>> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:A0:CC:3B:22:5E
>>           inet addr:192.168.1.1  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
>>           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>>           RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>>           TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>>           Collisions:0
>>           Interrupt:10 Base address:0xb000
>>
>
>
>The RX and TX packets should not be 0 . it should be some number, and only
>then can you connect to other systems ..( i don't know why it is so or
>what the significance is..)
>
>
>Also, take a look at the attached Howto.. it may help..
>
>> And this might help also, this is my init network script under debian
2.1:
>>
>> #! /bin/sh
>> ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1
>> route add -net 127.0.0.0 lo
>> ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
>>
>> I know the route command for eth0 is missing, but the kernel sets one up
>> automatically.
>>
>
>I suggest you try having a route add command for eth0 in your init script.
>
>
>> Tri
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Eric Ayers <eric.ayers at mindspring.com>
>> To: Tri <merlintm at bellsouth.net>
>> Date: Saturday, April 10, 1999 7:50 AM
>> Subject: Re: [ale] routing and networking
>>
>>
>> >Tri wrote:
>> >>
>> >> When I try to telnet into a second computer(192.168.1.2) on my
network,
>> >> telnet returns a message that says it can't reach the host since there
is
>> no
>> >> route to the host. However my routing table indicates that indeed
there
>> is a
>> >> route to every machine on the 192.168.1.0 network. I am using kernel
>> 2.2.5,
>> >> the route was set automatically by the kernel when I used:
>> >> ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
>> >> to set up my network card. I am sure that my drivers are loaded
correctly
>> >> and the second machine is also using the same kernel version and
>> configured
>> >> the same way( except for the ip address of course) Any Ideas on why
this
>> is
>> >> happening. I am using the tulip driver.
>> >> Tri
>> >
>> >
>> >why don't you mail the output of:
>> >
>> >netstat -nr
>> >and
>> >ifconfig eth0
>> >
>> >on both machines to the list?
>> >
>>
>
>






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