From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Gary Thomas <gthomas@redhat.com>
To: Nick Barnes <Nick.Barnes@pobox.com>
Cc: ecos-discuss@sourceware.cygnus.com
Subject: RE: [ECOS] connect() to machine outside local network
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 07:44:00 -0000
Message-id: <XFMail.20000712084429.gthomas@redhat.com>
References: <29288.963412607@raven.ravenbrook.com>
X-SW-Source: 2000-07/msg00112.html

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".

> --
> 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?