Linux-Hams archive - October 1999: Re: TCP/IP config/connect problem

Re: TCP/IP config/connect problem

Ron Jochems (rhmcjx.jfqi@mailit.tunk.net)
Tue, 26 Oct 1999 22:28:28 +0200


Can you help me find the archive .?.

Is it online, or also downloadable.?..

Thanx in advance,

Ron
PD1ACF
The Netherlands

----- Original Message -----
From: Tomi Manninen OH2BNS <ooq.nzccyo@astrum.de>
To: <evvqqwy@mx.dy.fi>
Sent: Monday, October 04, 1999 9:34 AM
Subject: Re: TCP/IP config/connect problem

> On Sun, 3 Oct 1999, Elan Portnoy wrote:
>
> > I have kernel based ax25 connects working ok. The trouble I am
experiencing
> > is with my TCP/IP connections. My IP is 44.68.48.216, the IP of the
nearest
> > node is 44.68.48.1. I used ifconfig to set ax0 with my IP and added the
> > route to the 44.68.48.0 network.
> >
> > When I try a telnet, the transmitter quickly kicks on and off several
times
> > and I get "No route to host" error message.
>
> Most probably your ARP query times out. For some reason the new kernels
> have very short timeouts. One solution is to enter a manual ARP entry for
> the gw and then route everything through it. Another solution (in some
> cases a better one) would be to fix the timeouts. Someone posted howto do
> that on this list a few weeks ago. Maybe you can find it in the archive.
>
> PS. Does anyone have a pointer to a document describing the
> /proc/sys/net/ipv4/neigh/ interface?
>
> --
> --- Tomi Manninen / maptmrg.unhqnngkn@adsl-now.co.uk / OH2BNS @ OH2RBI.FIN.EU ---