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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-xfer.mccc.edu!news-xfer.netaxs.com!netaxs.com!grr From: grr@shandakor.tharsis.com (George Robbins) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: Help! "no route to host" message Date: 4 Apr 1997 01:53:53 GMT Organization: George's Pet Unix System Lines: 24 Message-ID: <slrn5k8nnf.66r.grr@shandakor.tharsis.com> References: <godfreja-0304971509170001@137.28.251.242> NNTP-Posting-Host: robbins.jvnc.net X-Newsreader: slrn (0.9.1.1 BETA UNIX) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:5736 In article <godfreja-0304971509170001@137.28.251.242>, Jason Godfrey wrote: >Hello everyone. > > I'm trying to configure my NetBSD/i386 box to use a static slip line. I >issue the following commands: > > slattach -h -s 38400 /dev/tty00 > ifconfig sl0 137.28.225.242 137.28.2.1 netmask 0xffff0000 up > route add default 137.28.2.1 > > which works fine on my Mac running a post 1.2 netbsd kernel. However, on >the PC running a custom 1.2 kernel I get a "no route to host" error when I >try to ping / telnet / etc. > > I've been playing with this for quite awhile and I'm running out of >ideas here. Can anyone help me? It looks pretty reasonable. Check that you have options INET and GATEWAY and pseudo-device sl N (n>0) defined in your config file. -- George Robbins - not working for, work: to be avoided at all costs... but still emotionally attached to: web: http://www.netaxs.com/people/grr Commodore, Engineering Department domain: grr@tharsis.com