> --DMESG--extract--------------------------------------------------------
> 
> ep0 at pcmcia0 function 0 port 0x400-0x40f: 3Com 3C589 Ethernet
> ep0: MAC address 00:60:97:94:a8:68
> ep0: 8KB byte-wide FIFO, 5:3 Rx:Tx split, utp/aui/bnc (default bnc)
> pcmcia0: card irq 9
> 
> --IFCONFIG-(-a)-extract--------------------------------------------------
> 
> ep0: flags=b822<BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,SIMPLEX,LINK0,LINK1,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>         address: 00:60:97:94:a8:68
>         media: 10base2/BNC (none)
>         inet 192.168.0.9 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255
> 
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> I've also setup a "/etc/ifconfig.ep0" file to attempt to startup the lan
> connection when it boots.  It's contents are the single line:
> 
> inet spinner 255.255.255.0 192.168.0.255 link0 link1
> 
> Dispite all this, I still get a network unreachable or "No route to host.",

I see at least two problems here:

	(1) for whatever reason, in the ifconfig -a extract above,
	    your ep is 'down.'

	(2) you should be configuring your ep's media with

		ifconfig ep0 media <type>

	    the link* flags are the old way of doing it, and are
	    (to the best of my knowledge) no longer supported.


Give your demsg output, it looks like you're probably configuring the
care up at least once...

I'd try something like:

ifconfig ep0 <your hostname> netmask <your netmask> media bnc

It works great on my laptop's ep.



no idea why ifconfig would tell you that your interface
wasn't configured, except maybe a typo or something.



chris