network issue

[Scot L. Harris]

On Thu, 2004-10-07 at 04:22, Min Chien Lim wrote:
> My system has no problems accessing (telnet/pinging) systems with
> 129.146.210.xxx or 129.146.xxx.xxx IP addresses but when the IP looks
> like 129.xxx (something other than 146) .xxx.xxx, it cannot
> ping/telnet to it.  Doing a ypmatch on 129.xxx.xxx.xxx has no
> problems.  Any clues?

Assuming for the moment that your machines IP address is 129.146.xxx.xxx
you need to check your subnet mask settings (ifconfig -a) as well as
your default route (netstat -rn).

Most likely one of those settings is not correct for your network.

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Scot L. Harris
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