Networking problems on Gentoo/OS 8.6

[Samuel Rydh]

On Wed, Apr 30, 2003 at 08:28:11PM -0700, Toronney Mixon wrote:
>  My TCP/IP control panel is configure with the mac
> having address 192.168.1.255, subnet mask having
> 255.255.255.0, router address is 192.168.1.1, connect
> via ethernet slot J1, and configure Manually.

You should use the address 192.168.1.2, not 192.168.1.255.
The 192.168.1.255 address is usually reserved for
broadcasts.

/Samuel