changing IP problems

[abovebrd]

I recently changed the IP address on a sco 5.05 box

Strangly I can not ping the ip address from the sco box. I can however ping localhost.

The box is up on the network, I can telnet or ping from other hosts.

I think I have a local resolver problem. I am not running DNS (/etc/resolv.conf

Here is the output of netstat -nr


Routing tables
Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Interface
default 192.168.1.11 UGS 0 365 net0
127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 UH 2 3679 lo0
192.168.1 192.168.1.2 UC 1 0 net0

(Note: 192.168.1.2 is the address of the SCO box in question)

-Danny

 

[abovebrd]

It turns out it was a routing problem

There was no route for local hostB
Routing tables
Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Interface
default 192.168.1.11 UGS 0 0 net0
127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 UH 2 209 lo0
192.168.1 192.168.1.2 UC 1 0 net0
192.168.1.2 127.0.0.1 UGHS 0 12 lo0

The last route was missing.





-Danny

 

[MikeLacey]

Thx for posting the solution Danny. Mike
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