[CLUE-Tech] ping returns "Destination Host Unreachable"

[Ski Dawg]

I am trying to install a 3com 3c509b card in one of my computers (P120,
RH 7.3, no X-Windows installed). I was finally able to get it installed
and the OS recognizes it (kudzu didn't for some reason), but I can't
ping the rest of my internal network.

As near as I can tell, there is not firewall on this machine, so that
shouldn't be the issue. Doing an iptables -L just returns some errors
about the module not being loaded (I think I know why this is happening)
and ipchains is not installed. I will work on the firewall after I get
the card communicating with the rest of the network.

When I do an ifconfig eth0 it returns:
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eth0  Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:60:8C:EA:F4:98
      inet addr:192.168.100.200 Bcast:192.168.100.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
      UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
      RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
      TX packets:22 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
      collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
      RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:924 (924.0 b)
      Interrupt:10 Base address:0x300

I then do a ping -c3 127.0.0.1:
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PING 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1) from 127.0.0.1 : 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=0.246 ms
64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=255 time=0.205 ms
64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=255 time=0.210 ms

pinging localhost (using name instead of number) returns same thing.

I then try to ping my gateway on my network and get:
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PING 192.168.100.1 (192.168.100.1) from 192.168.100.200 : 56(84) bytes
of data.
>From 192.168.100.200 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable
>From 192.168.100.200 icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable
>From 192.168.100.200 icmp_seq=3 Destination Host Unreachable

--- 192.168.100.1 ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 0 received, +3 errors, 100% loss, time 2010ms
, pipe 3

I had to hit ctrl-c to stop that command, since it seemed to hang before
outputting the statistics.

When I do a route -n it returns:
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Kernel IP routing table
Destination    Gateway        Genmask       Flags Metric Ref    Use
Iface
192.168.100.0  0.0.0.0        255.255.255.0 U     0      0        0 eth0
127.0.0.0      0.0.0.0        255.0.0.0     U     0      0        0 lo
0.0.0.0        192.168.100.1  0.0.0.0       UG    0      0        0 eth0

I have checked the loaded modules (with lsmod) and the correct module
(3c509) is being loaded. I have tried different cards and different ISA
slots, but it doesn't correct the problem.

I am getting the link lights on the card and on the hub. I have also
tried using different cables and different ports on the hub, but no
difference.

I have also checked the bios, and don't see any settings for
enabling/disabling PnP.

I am not sure what the problem is. I have tried Googling for an answer
(both the web and groups), but haven't yet come up with anything
helpful.

I would appreciate any feedback that anyone can offer.

TIA
-- 
Doug

Registered Linux User #285548
http://counter.li.org
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