Sure thing; ifconfig for eth0 follows: eth0 Link encap:Ethernet Hwaddr 00:A0:CC:5F:CF:6E inet addr:192.168.0.2 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:283 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:48 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txpueuelen:100 Interrupt:5 Base address:0xf800 Thanks for the help, John -----Original Message----- From: owner-linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu [mailto:owner-linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu] On Behalf Of DEMERRE DIETER Sent: Monday, July 03, 2000 11:05 To: John Johnson; linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu Subject: RE: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > -----Original Message----- > From: John Johnson [mailto:ioann@cais.com] ... > I have configured an older Pentium-class machine as a > packet-filtering router and Internet gateway using ipchains. I've > hung a > Windows 2000 machine > behind the router and gotten to the Internet with no > problems. I can ping > the gateway, and all seems fine. The gateway's IP address is > 192.168.0.1; > the Win 2000 laptop's is 192.168.0.3. This demonstrates the network seems ok. Thus we should not consider defaults in the gateway (.1). ... > the Web from this box.) I've configured networking, giving this box > 192.168.0.2, and I tried using my gateway's IP address. When > I try to ping > the gateway machine, I get Destination Unreachable messages. > Can anybody > shed some light on this for me? Can *you* please shed some light by throwing me a glimpse on the output of /sbin/ifconfig ? This way we're assured your eth0 is ON and not defective, since further information provided by you states the route-table seems ok. ******* Groetjes vanwege ***** Greetings From ******* Dieter Demerre - http://www.angelfire.com/de/ddemerre ddemerre@acm.org - ext.dieter.demerre@siemens.be -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 6.5.3 for non-commercial use <http://www.pgp.com> iQA/AwUBOWCd7wlG34XnM6kpEQJPfwCg0GAXKxWbMmOEO5xujgIRwU+YcH4AoL1C NyCp1FsGOE8PN1BFPrO9NLSH =yFaG -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu