[Nottingham] Connecting to Ambit cablemodem

[David Aldred]

On Monday 03 Sep 2007, James Gibbon wrote:
> On Mon, 3 Sep 2007 18:10:41 +0100
>
> David Aldred <david at familyaldred.org.uk> wrote:
> > Anyone know how to get the Linux machine to do what the Windows
> > machine is doing - and indeed why it doesn't in the first place?
>
> Odd one.
>
> Is networking generally working on the Linux machine at the time
> that it's unable to connect to the cable modem? What's the IP
> address of the Linux machine?

Yes - no other issues at all. 

The Linux machine IP is 192.168.3.11 (and the Windows one is 192.168.3.12); 
the router is at 192.168.3.1.

The Windows machine pings 192.168.100.1; the Linux one returns "Destination 
Host Unreachable".

<pause>

Wibble. Got it.

For some reason, the mask on the Linux machine's ethernet setup was set to 
255.255.0.0.   Set it to 255.255.255.0 and we're away.

Thanks for replying and setting me thinking again.....

-- 
David Aldred