Subject: Re: NO Route to localhost???
To: Joel Chen <jchen@liberate.com>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
List: current-users
Date: 09/09/2000 00:28:16
On Fri, Sep 08, 2000 at 01:55:45PM -0700, Joel Chen wrote:
> This is odd.
> 
> What I did:
> 
> * Installed 06/20 1.5Alpha snapshot from scratch without trouble
> * Compiled CVS 1.10
> * Downloaded current source through CVS
> * make and install config
> * Config and compile a new kernel
> * Reboot using new kernel
> 
> Now network doesn't work anymore.  The device is detected and configured
> properly.
> Even ping localhost reports no route to host.
> 
> Going back to the snapshot generic kernel yields same result.
> 
> Booting from floppy and configure network using the utility menu works.
> 
> Anyone got a clue?

What does 'ifconfig -a' and 'netstat -rn' reports ?
Are you sure you have an /etc/ifconfig.<something> file ?

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
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