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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news-xfer.netaxs.com!netaxs.com!grr From: grr@shandakor.tharsis.com (George Robbins) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: Help! "no route to host" message Date: 4 Apr 1997 05:45:07 GMT Organization: George's Pet Unix System Lines: 20 Message-ID: <slrn5k958t.66r.grr@shandakor.tharsis.com> References: <godfreja-0304971509170001@137.28.251.242> <slrn5k8nnf.66r.grr@shandakor.tharsis.com> <godfreja-0304972229010001@137.28.251.242> NNTP-Posting-Host: robbins.jvnc.net X-Newsreader: slrn (0.9.1.1 BETA UNIX) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:5738 In article <godfreja-0304972229010001@137.28.251.242>, Jason Godfrey wrote: >In article <slrn5k8nnf.66r.grr@shandakor.tharsis.com>, >grr@shandakor.tharsis.com (George Robbins) wrote: > >>It looks pretty reasonable. Check that you have options INET and GATEWAY >>and pseudo-device sl N (n>0) defined in your config file. > > Thanks for the help, by all three things are in my config file.... Is it a dial-up or a hard-wired line? How about the possibility of a flow control problem, either control lines or modem? Does it actually converse with the other end before entering slip mode? On trick is to try pinging or telnetting the addresses at either end. You could also try a traceroute and or try these things from some system on the other end to try to figure out just where it's not getting through. -- George Robbins - not working for, work: to be avoided at all costs... but still emotionally attached to: web: http://www.netaxs.com/people/grr Commodore, Engineering Department domain: grr@tharsis.com