SUMMARY: Need help with networking problem

From: <mclaughl_at_nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov>
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 96 15:15:56 -0400

 Thanks to "Chan T. Cao" <cao_at_workgroup.com>. I just needed
 to set the default router (yikes, this was an easy one).
 Here's his response:

  log on dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov

  and use

  route -r

  to learn the route of your name server

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Original Question:

At 02:33 PM 10/15/96 -0400, mclaughl_at_nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov wrote:
>
>Hi DU Gurus,
>
> Yesterday I upgraded an Alpha to DU v4.0a. So far everything
> works ok except networking. I can reach hosts in our domain
> but can't reach hosts outside. I ran the ULTRIX-like netsetup
> command for setting up the network. I can nslookup hosts but
> can't seem to ping them. For example,
>
> # nslookup www.dec.com
> Server: dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov
> Address: 128.183.10.134
>
> Name: www.digital.com
> Address: 204.123.2.49
> Aliases: www.dec.com
>
>
> # ping 204.123.2.49
> PING 204.123.2.49 (204.123.2.49): 56 data bytes
> ping: sendto: Host is unreachable
> ping: wrote 204.123.2.49 64 chars, ret=-1
> ping: sendto: Host is unreachable
> ping: wrote 204.123.2.49 64 chars, ret=-1
>
>
> /etc/hosts and /etc/resolv.conf haven't changed. I have about
> another dozen upgrades planned so I hope this is something
> simple that I'm overlooking or DU 4.x-centric that can be
> fixed easily.
>
>Steve Mc
>
>


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