Network mask 255.255.248.0 is odd but is actually okay.

And, I think I figured out my problem.

Thanks to eveyone that responded.

>From the responses, I got the impression that what I had should work. What finally broke it through was that I downloaded a "ping"
program for my Mac and made sure that indeed one can ping the gateway (mental meltdown had taken place) and then made sure I could ping
my linux box from the Mac. Then I discovered I was confused about which port was eth0 and eth1 (operator error; color me stupid). And
then suddenly my linux box is on the internet. And now it's time to worry about firewalls and security.

Thanks to you'all again.

    T

Michael Sheldon wrote:

> >>BTW, that network mask looks odd to me:
>
> 24.1.248.0      0.0.0.0         255.255.248.0   U         0 0          0
>
> Most commonly it would be 255.255.255.0, but Cox told me that mine
> would be 255.255.255.128, and that works fine. Try setting it to
> 255.255.255.128.<<
>
> Cox uses various network segment sizes, so that netmask is not terribly
> surprising. My netmask for Cox is 255.255.254.0. Traditional network segment
> sizes are actually becoming uncommon.
>
> Michael J. Sheldon
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> [mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us]On Behalf Of Pete
> Buechler
> Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2000 11:32
> To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: Re: trouble connecting to @home cable modem
>
> I always configure my system statically. I have seen special articles
> on getting DHCP to work with Cox, apparently it is non-standard in some
> way (?).
>
> BTW, that network mask looks odd to me:
>
> 24.1.248.0      0.0.0.0         255.255.248.0   U         0 0          0
>
> Most commonly it would be 255.255.255.0, but Cox told me that mine
> would be 255.255.255.128, and that works fine. Try setting it to
> 255.255.255.128.
>
> --
> Pete Buechler
> Developer, SuSE Labs
> peterb@suse.com
> http://www.suse.com/~peterb
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