From: Bennie.Sexton%f118.n2230.z1@tpbbs.bloomington.in.us (Bennie Sexton) Subject: Linux 0.99pl12 and NET-2 Date: Fri, 01 Oct 1993 00:20:54
Has anyone had any luck in getting Linux 0.99pl12 to work with NET-2 with
a subnet mask other than 0 or 8 bits? The following is an example of what
I am doing and the error that I get. Any suggestions will be welcome.
ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1
route add 127.0.0.1
ifconfig eth0 128.99.4.128 netmask 255.255.252.0 broadcast 128.99.7.255
route add 128.99.4.0
This yields a route table that looks OK.
Destination net/address Gateway address Flags RefCnt Use Iface 128.99.4.0 * UH 0 0 eth0
127.0.0.1 * UH 0 0 lo
This looks OK, but a ping to 128.99.4.1 gives the following error:
ping: sendto: Network is unreachable
This should work though, becuase 128.99.4.1 is in the same subnet as
128.99.4.128 which is 128.99.4.0 and it is in the routing table.