Re: Ethernet help

[Devon <devon tuxfan homeip net>]

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On Wednesday 27 February 2002 07:09 pm, redhat nextnet com wrote:
> Is there any software out there that I can use to test to see whether
> or not my ethernet card is actually working? I have a two port card.
> Both lights work on the card but I can't get either port to work. Both
> are configured as follows:
> DEVICE=eth0
> ONBOOT=yes
> BOOTPROTO=static
> IPADDR=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
> NETMASK=255.255.255.248
> GATEWAY= xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
>
> I have stopped and restarted the machine. Both eth0 and eth1 start up
> as "OK" on startup. Can't ping in, can't ping out.
> What am I missing?

You've replaced some of the info that might help solve this with 
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx :)

First, is that netmask correct?
Do you have a firewall running that might be blocking pings?
What is the output of the following commands:
/sbin/ifconfig
/sbin/route

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