Here is your problem: your interface is not properly configured - there is no ip set. After this you wont get a route either. Have you tried to ping yourself? What happens when you do ifconfig eth0 <ipadress> netmask <netmask> broadcast <broadcast> on the commandline? Have a look at /var/log/messages. ;-) >Then, on delta, I do this: > >|root@delta:~# ifconfig eth0 delta >|root@delta:~# route add -host gamma eth0 >|root@delta:~# ifconfig >|eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:04:AC:90:52:E9 >| 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 txqueuelen:100 >| Interrupt:3 Base address:0x300 Memory:c00d1000-c00d5000 >| >|root@delta:~# route -n >|Kernel IP routing table >|Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface >|192.168.0.3 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 eth0 >|127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu