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From: andrewd@cs.tamu.edu (Andrew Ted Duchowski)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: TCP/IP on PC running SCO Unix
Summary: help with talking to network
Keywords: tcp-ip, pc, unix, network
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Date: 23 Jan 91 23:40:08 GMT
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Hello,

I've just installed the TCP/IP networking software on a 
Compaq 486/33 PC machine running SCO Unix.  

After setting up the ethernet card (thin ethernet) interface, 
I added what I believe to be the appropriate "ifconfig..."
statement to my /etc/tcp (effectively the /etc/rc.local) 
file.  Also, since I'm on a subnetted network, I added
a "route add default..." gateway line (I administer a
DECstation running Ultrix on the same network, so I basically 
modelled these commands from this machine).

Now, I can do a successful "ping localhost" command, which
tells me (as the manual suggests) that my interface is ok
(more or less the hardware is talking to the software via
the driver /etc/wdn0).  But I can not ping anything else
(I have a /etc/hosts file set up).

Can someone offer some suggestions on why I can't seem to
talk to the network?  Perhaps some file somewhere has a 
crucial line commented out?  

Otherwise, if this is the wrong newsgroup, please suggest a 
more appropriate one.

Please send all replies to andrewd@cs.tamu.edu
Thanks in advance,
Andrew.

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