OK.  Here 'goes.

ifconfig - broken
-------------------------------
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:01:03:C6:50:7D
          inet addr:65.165.40.236  Bcast:65.255.255.255
Mask:255.255.255.248
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:1 frame:0
          TX packets:1 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
          Interrupt:10 Base address:0xcc00

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:3924  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
ifconfig - good
---------------------------
eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:20:78:12:2D:FE
          inet addr:65.165.40.237  Bcast:65.255.255.255
Mask:255.255.255.248
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:8647 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:5223 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:76 txqueuelen:100
          Interrupt:10 Base address:0x6200

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:3924  Metric:1
          RX packets:56 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:56 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
interfaces - bad
---------------------------
# The loopback interface
iface lo inet loopback

# The first network card - this entry was created during the Debian
installation
# (network, broadcast and gateway are optional)
iface eth0 inet static
        address 65.165.40.236
        netmask 255.255.255.248
        gateway 65.165.40.238

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
interfaces - good
---------------------------
# The loopback interface
iface lo inet loopback

# The first network card - this entry was created during the Debian
installation
# (network, broadcast and gateway are optional)

# eth0
iface eth1 inet static
        address 65.165.40.237
        netmask 255.255.255.248
        gateway 65.165.40.238

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
route - bad
---------------------------
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use
Iface
65.165.40.232   0.0.0.0         255.255.255.248 U     0      0        0
eth0
0.0.0.0         65.165.40.238   0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0
eth0

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
route - good
---------------------------
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use
Iface
65.165.40.232   0.0.0.0         255.255.255.248 U     0      0        0
eth1
0.0.0.0         65.165.40.238   0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0
eth1





On Fri, 13 Jul 2001, Nate Straz wrote:

> Could we get some hard data?  I'd like to see the output from
> 
> /sbin/ifconfig
> /sbin/route -n
> cat /etc/network/interfaces
> 
> >From the broken machine and from a working machine.
> 
> Nate
> 
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