basic question about assigning ip address

Ed Greshko Ed.Greshko at greshko.com
Mon Oct 1 03:05:39 UTC 2007


Ed Greshko wrote:
> Ed Greshko wrote:
> 
>> It would be very helpful if the OP would simply state their network
>> configuration when connected.  That is, the correct IP address as well as
>> the subnet mask.  As in the output of "ifconfig".
> 
> Also, "netstat -nap" may also enlighten those looking to help.

I meant....  "netstat -rn".  :-(

> 
>> It doesn't help to obfuscate ones network configuration/settings when asking
>> for help on networking issues.
>>
>> Posting something like...
>>
>> eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:04:23:46:CE:22
>>           inet addr:203.70.27.121  Bcast:203.70.27.127  Mask:255.255.255.248
>>           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>>           RX packets:5321094 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>>           TX packets:5184333 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
>>           RX bytes:3385299968 (3.1 GiB)  TX bytes:1584591809 (1.4 GiB)
>>           Base address:0x8000 Memory:d2200000-d2220000
>>
>> Isn't going to make you open to attack.
>>
> 
> 


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