[LUNI] Networking question

[Ramin K]

Ramin K wrote:
> Linux tends to do strange things when the broadcast and netmasks are 
> incorrect. Well I suppose it's safe to say that almost any OS reacts 
> strangely to those problems.
> 
> I'd do an ifconfig from the command line on the machine after you've set 
> the IP. Then check that against another machine on the network to see if 
> everything matches. If you need to modify things on the interface 
> directly a variation of this command line will work
> 
> ifconfig eth0 10.13.20.14 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 10.13.20.255
> 
> I suspect it's not routing since everything should be on the local 
> subnet/LAN. DNS is a possibility, you might want to ping by IP if you're 
> not already.
> 
> Ramin

Did you try any of the above. Replacing gear that works after a reboot 
seems a bit extreme at this point.

Ramin