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

[Randy Arabie]

On Saturday,  2 November 2002 at 15:14:26 -0700, Timothy C. Klein wrote:
> * Ski Dawg (skidawg at plbb.net) wrote:
> > 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:
> > --------------------------------------
> > 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:
> > -------------------------------
> > 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:
> > ----------------------------------------------------
> > 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:
> > ----------------------------------
> > 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.
> > 
> 
> This one is an ISA card?  I always get the 3c509 and 3C59x confused.
> If it is the ISA, I have one, and they are PnP ISA.  I had a bear of a
> time trying to get one working.  I think I finally decided it needed
> somekind of DOS configuration utility to set registers on the card in
> order to get it to work.
> 
> You might check on Donald Becker site (the module author), for a utility
> for configuring the card, he has written a lot of stuff for these cards.
> 
> http://www.scyld.com/network

The 3c509 is an ISA card.  I've got three or four in use here, two in my
FW/Router box.  I did have to use a DOS utility to set the registers.  
When I got that done, I wrote the setting on the side of each card...which
came in handy more than once.
-- 
Allons Rouler!
        
Randy
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