suse@tomqnx.com (Tom Torrance) suggests:
Next question: what's the preferred setup of /etc/route.conf? My best guess so far is:
#/etc/route.conf for big-dog: 127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 lo 192.168.81.38 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 eth0 192.168.81.39 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 eth0 default 192.168.81.38
Try changing this to: 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 255.255.255.0 lo 192.168.81.38 192.168.81.38 255.255.255.0 eth0
This says send 127.0.0.1/24 to 127.0.0.1 on interface lo send 192.169.82.38/24 to 192.168.81.38 on interface eth0 You won't need default until you have a gateway to the internet.
Thanks for the suggestion, Tom, but when I try it, I get: route: netmask doesn't match route address Usage: blah blah blah (usage msg from route) Error while excuting: [sic] /sbin/route add -net 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 gw 127.0.0.1 dev lo and a similar message for 192.168.81.38. I get a similar message when I stop routing with /sbin/init.d/route stop (with "del" instead of "add" in the msg line). The routing table remains unchanged after stopping or starting with this configuration; apparently this error is so severe that /sbin/route takes no action at all. Any thoughts? However, on the bright side, eliminating the default line DOES get rid of the error message at shutdown. Eventually, I will be setting up PPP on big-dog, but I'll worry about that after figuring out this simple setup. jimo@eskimo.com - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>