My original question was:
> I'm trying to get my new Alphastation 200 rolling but I can't even make
> it talk to my gateway on our network. When the machine starts up I get
> the following error:
>
> File exists
> writing to routing socket: File exists
> add net default: gateway 199.234.162.1: ioctl returns 17
>
> This message appears twice. What is it that I'm missing?
Several folks noted that running netsetup more than once will cause
duplicate lines to appear in /etc/routes. This, however, shouldn't cause
problems. I've played around most of the afternoon with this and still
can't get it to work. What I'd like to know now is if there are any ways
to determine whether or not the ethernet card is bad. I have link lights
but I can't even see my local gateway. Maybe I'm wrong but this should
be a 'no brainer'. Any ideas, folks?
Thanks to the following people who responded:
Paul Tutcher <pault_at_mailhub.wpl.com>
Royal Heinz <royal_at_csc.cxo.dec.com>
philip_at_uvo.dec.com
Universidade de Pelotas - Radar Meteorologico <ufpelrm_at_eu.ansp.br> (Carlos A M
dos Santos)
Paul Rockwell <rockwell_at_rch.dec.com>
Rainer Landes <rlandes_at_fphsv01.physik.uni-karlsruhe.de>
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Received on Wed Feb 28 1996 - 21:28:49 NZDT