Static IP / Routing table problem

[devashish]

Hi all,
I am connected to a LAN by my isp,
I dont know the exact topography of my LAN but heres my IPCONFIG output on windows XP:
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\devashish>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Home-PC
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethe
rnet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0D-87-11-82-5F
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.1.77.141
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.240
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.1.77.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.222.5

C:\Documents and Settings\devashish>

Now when I give the same setup in my linux (KNOPPIX and UBUNTU both) I cannot ping my gateway, following is my routing table in linux

knoppix@Knoppix:~$ route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
10.1.77.128 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.240 U 0 0 0 eth0

and this is my windows routing table:

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\devashish>route PRINT
================================================== =========================
Interface List
0x1 ........................... MS TCP Loopback interface
0x2 ...00 0d 87 11 82 5f ...... Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC - P
acket Scheduler Miniport
================================================== =========================
================================================== =========================
Active Routes:
Network Destination Netmask Gateway Interface Metric
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 10.1.77.1 10.1.77.141 20
10.1.77.128 255.255.255.240 10.1.77.141 10.1.77.141 20
10.1.77.141 255.255.255.255 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 20
10.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 10.1.77.141 10.1.77.141 20
127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 1
224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 10.1.77.141 10.1.77.141 20
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 10.1.77.141 10.1.77.141 1
Default Gateway: 10.1.77.1
================================================== =========================
Persistent Routes:
None

How can I setup my linux routing table to match my windows routing table. PLEASE PLEASE HELP THIS HELPLESS FEMALE

[anomie]

Now when I give the same setup in my linux (KNOPPIX and UBUNTU both) I cannot ping my gateway, following is my routing table in linux

knoppix@Knoppix:~$ route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
10.1.77.128 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.240 U 0 0 0 eth0

The Windows box reports your default gateway as 10.1.77.1. You don't have any entry for it in your routing table.

It's possible to add this dynamically via the route command, e.g.:
# route add default gw 10.1.77.1

But that's not going to survive a reboot. You're going to need to figure out whatever pretty GUI tool that ubuntu uses to specify a default gateway and add it there.

[devashish]

Thank you for the reply, I treid what you suggest, I get a message that says that connection not available. I also tried the following:
route add -inet 912.168.222.0 netmask 255.255.255.240 gw 10.1.77.141 dev eth0

after this when i try ping 192.168.222.5 (which is the dns)
I get replies from 10.1.77.1 saying that it can't go through but i still can't ping 10.1.77.1 I get the same no connect msg ...... could it be a firewall? I am using knoppix hd install

[anomie]

I don't want to discourage you, but I've read that the Knoppix hard drive install is flaky. (Not to take anything away from Knoppix itself; the live cd is excellent.) Maybe you could look at some other options for a permanent installation. You mentioned ubuntu earlier -- why not start with that?

It sounds like you might not even have an IP address bound to your nic.

The command:
# ifconfig
will confirm that one way or another.

[devashish]

Thank you for you suggestion, however I have the same problem with Ubuntu, when I first start it up I get the message you are connected to a .local network, and I dont know what that means. The following is the output of one of the programs I used to collect my connection details, I think I will crack it, coz i have an engineer helping me

collectNWData.sh V0.4.5
--- What's the type of networktopology?
--- (1) DSL modem <---> LinuxClient
--- On which host is the script executed?
--- (1) LinuxClient
!!! The system can't ping an external IP address.
>>> Set a default gateway on your system
!!! The system can't resolve an external DNS name.
>>> Check the nameserver definition in /etc/resolv.conf
================================================== ================================================
================================================== ================================================
*** uname -a
Linux Knoppix 2.6.19 #7 SMP PREEMPT Sun Dec 17 22:01:07 CET 2006 i686 GNU/Linux
================================================== ================================================
*** cat /etc/SuSE-release
cat: /etc/SuSE-release: No such file or directory
================================================== ================================================
*** cat /etc/resolv.conf | grep -v "^#" | grep -v "^$"
nameserver 192.168.0.1
================================================== ================================================
*** cat /etc/hosts | grep -v "^#" | grep -v "^$" | grep -v "::"
127.0.0.1 localhost Knoppix
================================================== ================================================
*** cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
0
================================================== ================================================
*** /sbin/iptables -t nat -L
Chain PREROUTING (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination

Chain POSTROUTING (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination

Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination
================================================== ================================================
*** /sbin/route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
10.1.77.128 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.240 U 0 0 0 eth0
================================================== ================================================
*** /usr/sbin/arp -n
================================================== ================================================
*** /sbin/ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0D:87:11:82:5F
inet addr:10.1.77.141 Bcast:10.1.77.255 Mask:255.255.255.240
inet6 addr: fe80::20d:87ff:fe11:825f/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:275 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:7 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:30181 (29.4 KiB) TX bytes:810 (810.0 b)
Interrupt:21

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:2 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:100 (100.0 b) TX bytes:100 (100.0 b)

================================================== ================================================
*** pingTests
10.1.77.141 : Ping OK
127.0.0.1 : Ping OK
connect: Network is unreachable
195.135.220.3 : No ping response
ping: unknown host Linux-Betriebssysteme: SUSE Linux Enterprise
Linux-Betriebssysteme: SUSE Linux Enterprise : No ping response
================================================== ================================================
*** /sbin/lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 651 Host (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] Virtual PCI-to-PCI bridge (AGP)
00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS962 [MuTIOL Media IO] (rev 14)
00:02.1 SMBus: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS961/2 SMBus Controller
00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE]
00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] AC'97 Sound Controller (rev a0)
00:03.0 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f)
00:03.1 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f)
00:03.2 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f)
00:03.3 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0 Controller
00:0a.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video Capture (rev 11)
00:0a.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture (rev 11)
00:0b.0 Communication controller: Conexant HSF 56k HSFi Modem (rev 01)
00:0d.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] (rev a1)
================================================== ================================================
*** /usr/sbin/lsusb
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 058f:6390 Alcor Micro Corp.
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
================================================== ================================================
*** /sbin/lsmod
Module Size Used by
iptable_nat 11140 0
ip_nat 22444 1 iptable_nat
ip_conntrack 56376 2 iptable_nat,ip_nat
nfnetlink 10776 2 ip_nat,ip_conntrack
ip_tables 18500 1 iptable_nat
x_tables 19460 2 iptable_nat,ip_tables
ipv6 279616 10
sworks_agp 13472 0
intel_agp 27420 0
efficeon_agp 12192 0
amd64_agp 16772 0
ali_agp 11136 0
ppdev 13188 0
lp 16776 0
af_packet 29960 0
parport_pc 43492 1
parport 40008 3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc
usb_storage 73408 0
8250_pnp 13440 0
8250 28164 1 8250_pnp
serial_core 25216 1 8250
libusual 20624 1 usb_storage
snd_intel8x0 37020 0
snd_ac97_codec 97188 1 snd_intel8x0
snd_ac97_bus 6528 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss 45728 0
snd_mixer_oss 20224 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 80004 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer 26500 1 snd_pcm
bt878 15304 0
snd 55396 6 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_ oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
bttv 176692 1 bt878
video_buf 28932 1 bttv
ir_common 33668 1 bttv
compat_ioctl32 5504 1 bttv
i2c_algo_bit 12296 1 bttv
btcx_risc 8968 1 bttv
tveeprom 19088 1 bttv
videodev 29824 1 bttv
v4l1_compat 18052 1 videodev
v4l2_common 26752 2 bttv,videodev
soundcore 12512 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 13960 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
i2c_sis96x 9860 0
shpchp 41380 0
pci_hotplug 36424 1 shpchp
sis_agp 12676 1
agpgart 36044 6 sworks_agp,intel_agp,efficeon_agp,amd64_agp,ali_ag p,sis_agp
tsdev 11840 0
evdev 14208 1
ohci1394 38960 0
ieee1394 300760 1 ohci1394
usbhid 56928 0
ff_memless 9992 1 usbhid
uhci_hcd 27788 0
pcmcia 41132 0
firmware_class 14208 2 bttv,pcmcia
yenta_socket 30220 0
rsrc_nonstatic 17408 1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core 43800 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
cpufreq_ondemand 12300 1
p4_clockmod 10116 0
speedstep_lib 8836 1 p4_clockmod
freq_table 9088 2 cpufreq_ondemand,p4_clockmod
video 19460 0
sbs 18856 0
i2c_ec 9216 1 sbs
i2c_core 25984 5 bttv,i2c_algo_bit,tveeprom,i2c_sis96x,i2c_ec
container 8576 0
button 10768 0
battery 14084 0
ac 9348 0
dm_snapshot 21672 0
raid10 29568 0
raid456 128272 0
xor 19592 1 raid456
raid1 28544 0
raid0 12800 0
multipath 13440 0
linear 10624 0
md_mod 81044 6 raid10,raid456,raid1,raid0,multipath,linear
dm_mirror 26448 0
dm_mod 60440 2 dm_snapshot,dm_mirror
8139too 31104 0
mii 9728 1 8139too
ehci_hcd 35848 0
ohci_hcd 24580 0
usbcore 135812 7 usb_storage,libusual,usbhid,uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd,ohci _hcd
thermal 17928 0
processor 36200 1 thermal
fan 8836 0
================================================== ================================================
*** /sbin/iptables -L -vn
Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT 0 packets, 0 bytes)
pkts bytes target prot opt in out source destination

Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT 0 packets, 0 bytes)
pkts bytes target prot opt in out source destination

Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT 0 packets, 0 bytes)
pkts bytes target prot opt in out source destination
================================================== ================================================
*** cat /etc/sysconfig/SuSEfirewall2 | grep -v "^#" | grep -v "^$"
cat: /etc/sysconfig/SuSEfirewall2: No such file or directory
================================================== ================================================
*** cat /etc/sysconfig/network/config | grep -v "^#" | grep -v "^$"
cat: /etc/sysconfig/network/config: No such file or directory
================================================== ================================================
*** cat /etc/sysconfig/sysctl | grep -v "^#" | grep -v "^$"
cat: /etc/sysconfig/sysctl: No such file or directory
================================================== ================================================
*** cat /etc/sysconfig/network/dhcp | grep -v "^#" | grep -v "^$"
cat: /etc/sysconfig/network/dhcp: No such file or directory
================================================== ================================================
*** cat /etc/sysconfig/proxy | grep -v "^#" | grep -v "^$"
cat: /etc/sysconfig/proxy: No such file or directory
================================================== ================================================
*** cat /etc/sysconfig/ssh | grep -v "^#" | grep -v "^$"
cat: /etc/sysconfig/ssh: No such file or directory
================================================== ================================================
*** /sbin/iwconfig | /bin/sed "s/\(Encryption key:\)\([^o][^f][^f][^ ]*\)\(.*\)/\1xx xxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxx\3/"
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

================================================== ================================================
*** catMyConfig
ls: /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-*: No such file or directory

[devashish]

hi,
I finally solved the problem, I had to do:
route add -net 10.1.77.0 netmask 255.255.255.240 gw 10.1.77.141

[framp]

hi,
I finally solved the problem, I had to do:
route add -net 10.1.77.0 netmask 255.255.255.240 gw 10.1.77.141

That's a common config error - missing default gateway - and was detected by the script. Did the message of the script helped you to find the root of the problem?

[devashish]

That's a common config error - missing default gateway - and was detected by the script. Did the message of the script helped you to find the root of the problem?

No that was a route problem, before i did

route add -net 10.1.77.0 netmask 255.255.255.240 gw 10.1.77.141

if i did
route add default gw 10.1.77.1

if got

Network unreachable

my routing table was only upto 10.1.77.128 so i couldnt reach 10.1.77.1 which is my gateway

[framp]

Yes - that makes sense. If there is no route to the default gateway you can't reach the GW

Thank's for your reply so I can enhance the configuration error detection logic in the script.