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I actually read somewhere that this is the way to do it.. After I typed ifup eth0, I got this-<br />
route: netmask doesn't match route address<br />
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Here are my IP settings:<br />
IP= 134.62.70.70<br />
netmask= 255.255.0.0<br />
new broadcast= 134.62.255.255<br />
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I have since rebooted and my broadcast address went back to the old one and I still can't ping...<br />
Thanks<br />
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I actually read somewhere that this is the way to do it.. After I typed ifup eth0, I got this-
route: netmask doesn't match route address

Here are my IP settings:
IP= 134.62.70.70
netmask= 255.255.0.0
new broadcast= 134.62.255.255

I have since rebooted and my broadcast address went back to the old one and I still can't ping...
Thanks



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Let me start by saying that I have no idea what I am doing. I am trying to set a redhat 5.1 machine on a small IP network(win95 and win nt) at my house. &nbsp;I had it set up at work and it worked fine. i got home started xfree86 and used the network control panel to remove the dns info, change the ip address and domain name. &nbsp;Now I can't ping the thing. I can ping the loopback just fine. I tested the cable on another machine and it is fine. I ran ifconfig and noticed that my broadcast address was wrong(could that prevent me from pinging?)... I couldn't find any info on how to change it so i typed ifconfig &quot;my hostname&quot; broadcast address down. I received a hostname lookup failure error. ever since, when I run ifconfig it only shows info on my loopback address. What have I done and how do I fix it? Thanks, Jason
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Let me start by saying that I have no idea what I am doing. I am trying to set a redhat 5.1 machine on a small IP network(win95 and win nt) at my house.  I had it set up at work and it worked fine. i got home started xfree86 and used the network control panel to remove the dns info, change the ip address and domain name.  Now I can't ping the thing. I can ping the loopback just fine. I tested the cable on another machine and it is fine. I ran ifconfig and noticed that my broadcast address was wrong(could that prevent me from pinging?)... I couldn't find any info on how to change it so i typed ifconfig "my hostname" broadcast address down. I received a hostname lookup failure error. ever since, when I run ifconfig it only shows info on my loopback address. What have I done and how do I fix it? Thanks, Jason

easy one

The variety of Linux distributions creates myriad issues relating to configuration and operations when computers are networked, not the least of which is the use of various network management applications, some of which are included with specific distributions, while others are standalone applications.