Neil, I stand corrected on the <Stickler> ;-)) No response on the ping -b. I Ctrl C'd out of it and it says 97 packets send 0 received 100% loss. Bummer -----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Neil Cherry Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 12:28 PM To: For users of Fedora Subject: Re: FC6 and Network Ferguson, Michael wrote: > This new FC6 install gets DHCP'd fine. > ifconfig confirms that it got 192.168.131.66/255.255.248.0 > <http://192.168.131.66/255.255.248.0> however, I cannot ping any > other IP addresses on the LAN. > That netmask is correct for my class "C" network. <Stickler mode=on> Uhm, not it's not. 255.255.248.0 is not a class C it's a super net. That may be correct for your super net. </Stickler> BTW, try doing (as root) a ping -b 255.255.255.255 . See what responds. -- Linux Home Automation Neil Cherry ncherry@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxha.com/ Main site http://linuxha.blogspot.com/ My HA Blog http://home.comcast.net/~ncherry/ Backup site -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
