Routing Issue with static IP in Slackware 10

[drseuss]

Quick run down on the system...IBM 760XD, 3COM megahertz 10/100 nic, slackware, 10 2.4.29 kernel.

What is working: cardmgr see's the nic card, i get connection light on the card itself and on my router. Laptop will beep if i remove it and reinsert it and it picks it up just fine.

I can add a static ip with running the network config threw pkgtools. DHCP will not grab an IP.

ifconfig eth0
--snip--
inet addr:192.168.1.110 bcast:192.168.1.255 mask 255.255.255.0
--snip--

My issue is i cannot add any routes to route. All it will show with route -n is 127.0.0.1

Here are the following commands I have issued and the responced back.

route add -net 192.168.1.0/24 eth0
SIOCADDRT: Network is down

route add -net 192.168.1.0/24 gw 192.168.1.210
SIOCADDRT: Network is unreachable

route add -host 192.168.1.210 dev eth0
SIOCADDRT: Network is down

route add default gw 192.168.1.210
SIOCADDRT: Network is unreachable

[puntmuts]

 route add -net 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0  gw 192.168.1.210 dev eth0

man route will show some help.

[drseuss]

I'v read the man page for route till my eyes bled. And googled this problem for about 2 weeks and still found nothing. I ran that command and receieved:

SIOCADDRT: Network is unreachable

[puntmuts]

The command should work, I tested it before posting. So there is something else wrong. Probably the drivermodule for this nic.

[phorgan1]

Any resolution? I have the exact same problem.
phorgan1 at yahoo dot com

[SharpSteel]

SIOCADDRT: Network is down
I had similar problem, when I tried to make new routing rule right after connecting to VPN server.
I put the "sleep 5" command (without quotes) before that problematic rule.
Time can differ from one system to another depending on it's hardware and software.
Hope it will help someone.