Denis: Thanks for the comment. I believe I have identified the problem .. see below. Denis Dimick wrote: > Have you tried hard coding an IP into the network settings? Sorry if it wasn't clear: The IP address *is* hard coded. This seems to be the problem. > > It looks like maybe your WiFi network could be putting out dome bad IP > info, or the DHCP server serving up IP info. DHCP isn't running at all (deliberately). I finally identified the script (/etc/udhcpc/libicd_network_ipv4.script). The script appears to be called as expected with 'static' as the first parameter and the various environment variables probably set as expected except that the subnet (netmask) parameter is not set when the script is called. As a result the ifconfig command is not passed a netmask parameter. The ifconfig command inserts a route to the local network, and because no netmask is given it defaults to the archaic 'classful' behaviour. In my case the address would have been a class A address and so it inserts a route to a Class A network with a 255.0.0.0 mask. Hardcoding the correct netmask into the script fixes the problem, but is obviously not the right answer. for the general case - the osso connectivity interface should set the subnet environment variable for the static case (I *did* set the right value in the user interface, honest). I will file a bug report. Regards, Elwyn Davies > > HtH, > > Denis > > On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 3:54 PM, Elwyn Davies <elwynd@xxxxxxxxxxxx > <mailto:elwynd@xxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > > Hi. > > I have connected my new Nokia N810 to my local wi-fi network. > > It is mostly working fine except that it appears to have installed a > spurious route whish is effectively blackholing some traffic. > > Details: > I have the N810 configured to use a static IP address for my local > wireless (wi-fi) network. For the sake of argument let us say this is > 11.12.13.249 <http://11.12.13.249> with a netmask of > 255.255.255.240 <http://255.255.255.240>. The gateway for this > network is 11.12.13.241 <http://11.12.13.241>. > > The connectivity mechanism correctly generates a default route via > 11.12.13.241 <http://11.12.13.241> for the wlan interface. > However it also generates another route to 11.0.0.0 > <http://11.0.0.0> with netmask 255.0.0.0 <http://255.0.0.0>. > > Consequently all packets to addresses 11.x.y.z apart for the local > network are effectively blackholed. > > The routing table is (anonymized) .. > Kernel IP routing table > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref > Use > Iface > 11.0.0.0 <http://11.0.0.0> * 255.0.0.0 > <http://255.0.0.0> U 0 0 0 > wlan0 > default router.exampl.c 0.0.0.0 <http://0.0.0.0> > UG 0 0 0 > wlan0 > > This is clearly incorrect as the local network is not a /8. > > Is this a bug in the udhcpc postconfig script when used woth a static > address? I can't actually find this script to check. > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Regards, > Elwyn Davies > > > _______________________________________________ > maemo-users mailing list > maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx> > https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users > > > > > -- > -------------------------------------- > sik vis paw kem, para bellum > -------------------------------------- > oderint dum metuant > -------------------------------------- > "Our Country won't go on forever, if we stay soft as we are now. There > won't be any AMERICA because some foreign soldiery will invade us and > take our women and breed a hardier race!" -LT. GEN. LEWIS "CHESTY" > PULLER, USMC > _______________________________________________ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
