Networking problems on Gentoo/OS 8.6

[Toronney Mixon]

--- Samuel Rydh <samuel@ibrium.se> wrote:
> 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

The Mac now has 198.168.1.2 the router is 192.168.1.1
and I am still getting the same error. There is no
return when I ping 198.168.1.2.

/Tony

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