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Re: connect() to machine outside local network
- To: Gary Thomas <gthomas at redhat dot com>
- Subject: Re: [ECOS] connect() to machine outside local network
- From: Nick Barnes <Nick dot Barnes at pobox dot com>
- Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 15:48:22 +0100
- cc: ecos-discuss at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
At 2000-07-12 14:44:29+0000, Gary Thomas writes:
>
> On 12-Jul-2000 Nick Barnes wrote:
> > connect() works OK for local machines but gives me EHOSTUNREACH
> > outside the local network.
>
> Have you provided proper routing to allow this? The defaults will only
> give you connectivity to the local network unless you set up a gateway
> which provides the "way out".
Yes, I have (default gateway set in the config tool). I will be
checking this with our sysadmin later today; it could be a network
admin problem (maybe the box isn't on the subnet which I think it's
on, or maybe the firewall doesn't know about it, etc., etc.).
> > --
> > FreeBSD 2.2.8-RELEASE: up 10 days, 20:23
> > Last reboot due to lightning strike.
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> I hope your machines were protected. Don't you have UPS on your systems?
Not (yet) on the machine from which I send my email. My own fault.
Nick B
--
FreeBSD 2.2.8-RELEASE: up 10 days, 20:34
Last reboot due to lightning strike.