Finally desiring benefits that 1.2 could not offer, I installed 1.5.  
Installation went off without a hitch, except that I could not get the 
network to work.

To be more specific, this machine is an AMDK6-2/450, 64Mb on an ASUS P5A.  
My NetGear FA312 detects just fine (sip0), and DHCLIENT successfully 
connects to my ISP's DHCP server.

The problem: I can't ftp or sup out to get the packages I want to install.  
I get "connect: can't assign requested address".

I *can* telnet to hosts on the same subnet (which made me suspect my routing 
configuration).  BUT I can traceroute all the way to the hosts and ping 
them, suggesting that the DHCP-supplied address and gateway are fine.  Just 
in case, I ifconfig'd the nic with an address obtained from a windows box 
yanked off the wire-- same effect.

Am I forgetting something blitheringly obvious?

Thanks!
-Dave Christiansen



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