> I don't think you can have 128.42.154.255 for an address... Node 255 and 0
> are reserved under most conditions 0 refers to the entirrre net and 255 to
> broadcast.

> > inet mycroft-holmes 255.255.255.0 128.42.154.255 up
> > 
> > Where the 255's are my netmask and the other is my gateway address.  

Oops!  That's not my gateway, but rather my subnet broadcast address.  
What should actually go there is described in /etc/netstart.  Check there 
just to be sure.

Later.

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Colin Wood                                      ender@is.rice.edu
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