Unable to get online

On Mon, 2003-07-07 at 08:28, FrankMandato wrote:
> Here is my problem.I have a RH 9 box that I also use as a router. My
> home network is comprised of 3 machines,192.168.0.5 - 6 - 10, the
> gateway for those is 192.168.0.1, the gateway for that one is my cox ip
> address.
>
> In the router I have 2 identical nics, Linksys is the brand.
>
> I can ping all of my boxes and from the boxes I can ping eth0 with the
> cox ip address, but I can not ping past that point. The nameservers I
> can't also
> ping from any machine.
>
> What I did was I built up an old machine to replace my router so I can
> use it to experiment with. I hooked up the old box and gave it the same
> ip address as my router, that is when I lost all internet connectivity.
>
> I reconfigured the network settings, I even reinstalled RH 9, but I
> still can't get out.
>
> Anyone can point me in the right direction? I red and re-read the
> Linux Networking how-to, but that only includes up to the 2.2 kernel,
> though I figured the basics are the same.
>
> Any pointers are appreciated.
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I am on a Cox residential service and I can't ping anything beyond the
router address - this may be your problem too - try telnet to a common
port such as 25 or 80

Craig