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Re: How come "network is unreachable"?

#854
From: Eric P. Scott
Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1992 09:42
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In article <lux.715035359@sol.UVic.CA> lux@sol.UVic.CA
	(Michael O'Henly) writes:
>	I've connected my NeXT to the university's Ethernet and I'm
>able to telnet to other hosts within the campus domain. When I try to
>reach hosts outside the domain, I get a "network is unreachable"
>message.

In order to reach hosts outside your directly-attached network
(or subnet), your machine needs to be able to find a suitable
router.  In the common case where you are on a "leaf" network
(i.e. only one way out), edit your /etc/hostconfig file to
specify the router's IP address as you see it, e.g.

ROUTER=128.189.109.1

Things get more complicated if you're not a leaf site, in which
case you should contact whoever maintains your local network;
they may tell you to use ROUTER=-ROUTED-, or they may provide
alternative software that needs to be started from /etc/rc.local

					-=EPS=-
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Subject: Re: How come "network is unreachable"?
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