On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 3:28 PM, ML <mailinglists at mailnewsrss.com> wrote: > Nate, > >> ifconfig ethX IP_ADDRESS netmask NETMASK >> route add default gw IP_OF_GATEWAY > > OK, so I was correct, > > I am doing > > ifconfig eth0 172.16.254.80 netmask 255.255.255.240 > route add default gw 172.16.254.1 > > I am getting Network is unreachable. That's correct. Write down 80, 1 and 240 in binary. With a /28 mask, your IP address and your gateway are in different subnets. -- Eduardo Grosclaude Universidad Nacional del Comahue Neuquen, Argentina