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   Message 16,039 of 17,684   
   J.O. Aho to All   
   Re: Network is unreachable   
   10 Jan 08 14:24:57   
   
   From: user@example.com   
      
   On Thu, 10 Jan 2008, pk wrote:   
      
   > Mark Hobley wrote:   
   > > Johan Lindquist  wrote:   
   > >> routes_eth0=( "default gw 192.168.2.1")   
   > > I changed mine from:   
   > >  routes_eth0=( "default via 10.0.0.1" )   
   > > to   
   > >  routes_eth0=( "default gw 10.0.0.1" )   
      
   Looking at my setup, it should be   
      
   routes_eth0=( "default via 1.2.3.4" )   
      
      
   > In your configuration statement   
   > config_eth0=( "10.0.0.13 netmask 255.255.255.0 brd 10.255.255.255" )   
   >   
   > it seems that the broadcast address is wrong (shouldn't that be 10.0.0.255   
   > instead?). Anyway, I think that is not the source of your problem.   
      
   *nods* Broadcast is only the last part that is changed to 255 and nothing   
   else.   
      
      
      
   > - try removing the dns_servers_eth0 line (putting the DNS servers manually   
   > in /etc/resolv.conf instead), in case that line somehow indirectly affect   
   > the process (just a shot in the dark anyway)   
      
   That works as long as he don't have dhcp installed, that tends to mess   
   things up.   
      
      
   > - try to explicitly use a specific/different interface handler, eg using   
   > modules=( "iproute2" )   
   > in /etc/conf.d/net and see if that makes some difference. Note that the two   
   > line are mutually exclusive (use only one of the two at a given time).   
      
   and see to install iproute2 before trying to use the second one.   
      
      
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