On Wed, 2006-03-08 at 10:33 -0500, John Warner wrote: > > Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2006 13:52:00 +0000 > > From: Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Subject: Re: Fedora 4 Routing table question > > To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Message-ID: <440EE180.3090203@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > > > John Warner wrote: > > > Total newb' here, I have a routing issue on my Fedora 4 > > box. I can see > > > (read ping etc) IPs on my LAN. I cannot ping off the LAN. > > The gateway > > > for eth0 is listed as 192.168.1.1 (which is correct, that > > is the address > > > of my Linksys DD-WRT router to the DSL Modem). The rest of > > the LAN is > > > properly configured and can see the Internet etc just fine. > > I read the > > > Man Page for route and it does not really help me. I > > suspect my issue is > > > my default setting on my routing table. Less the specific > > answer (how > > > will I ever learn) can some one point me to the complete > > idiots guide to > > > setting up his routing table in Linux. Ideally it would be > > oriented to > > > the home networker. > > > > http://www.brennan.id.au/ > > > > What's your routing table look like? > > > > # netstat -rn > > > > What's your interface config? > > > > # ifconfig -a > > > > Paul. > > > > P.S. The gateway is really a property of the system, not of eth0. > > > Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 14:01:24 +0000 > > From: Stuart Sears <stuart@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > Subject: Re: Fedora 4 Routing table question > > To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Message-ID: <200603081401.29031.stuart@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > On Wednesday 08 March 2006 13:46, John Warner decided we > > wanted to hear the > > following: > > ... > > > as root: > > ip route show (or route -n) > > will tell you what your current routing table says. > > You may already know that. > > [root@lanky ~]# ip route show > > 192.168.22.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.22.220 > > 192.168.0.0/24 via 192.168.22.170 dev eth0 > > 169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0 scope link > > default via 192.168.22.254 dev eth0 > > > > that 'default' line is important. > > > > are you saying that you can ping 192.168.1.X but nothing else? > > that would suggest two possibilities to me: > > 1) you have no default gateway > > solution: > > system-config-network [Applications -> System Settings -> Networking] > > double-click on the eth0 entry, and > > make sure you default gw is correct. > > > > 2) no NAT rules in place between you and the outside world > > solution: configure your router. > > > > HTH > > > > Stuart > > Ok, maybe it isn't my routing table. > Netstat -r returns -I left off col heads. > > 192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 > 169.254.0.0 * 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 > default 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 > > In the gui for eth0 the Gateway entry is 192.168.1.1 which is correct. > I don't seem to have a loop back entry. > > Also if this helps, I am on a Static IP in my LAN at 192.168.1.51 > > As to my router, it passes traffic from a couple of Windoze boxes to the > Internet just fine; you're reading this email <grin/>. The Win boxes can > ping the Linux box and the Linux box can ping the windows boxes. What it > cannot do is ping an IP off the LAN nor say a name www.yahoo.com. I > don't think this is a DNS issue yet as like I said I can't ping IPs off > the LAN. > > What am I missing here? ---- not sure that you are missing anything what is output of ifconfig? you should see lo (loopback adaptor) there you can add dns server addresses to /etc/resolv.conf if you want dns resolution...for example # cat /etc/resolv.conf nameserver 192.168.2.1 nameserver 68.2.16.30 search localdomain you should be working just fine... you might want to make sure that firewall isn't a problem by temporarily turning it off... /sbin/service iptables stop (/sbin/service iptables start # turns it back on) Craig
