[lug] linux network

[llornkcor]

ok, something really weird is going on here. I had the network 
running fine, and on reboot- I got no ping to the internet.
Booted into windows to see if the dns servers were down.. nope. 
Rebooted into linux, started pppd, and could see the internet 
again, only now, I am back to the point where if eth0 is up, then 
there's no internet. I haven't changed any settings. This is going 
to drive me crazy till I get it working all the time.



Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags   MSS Window 
 irtt Iface
209.xxx.xx.xxx  0.0.0.0         255.255.255.255 UH        0 0      
    0 ppp0
127.0.0.1       0.0.0.0         255.255.255.255 UH        0 0      
    0 lo
127.0.0.0       0.0.0.0         255.0.0.0       U         0 0      
    0 lo
0.0.0.0         209.xxx.xx.xxx  0.0.0.0         UG        0 0      
    0 ppp0


and

209.xxx.xx.xxx  0.0.0.0         255.255.255.255 UH        0 0      
    0 ppp0
192.168.0.1     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.255 UH        0 0      
    0 eth0
127.0.0.1       0.0.0.0         255.255.255.255 UH        0 0      
    0 lo
192.168.0.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U         0 0      
    0 eth0
127.0.0.0       0.0.0.0         255.0.0.0       U         0 0      
    0 lo
0.0.0.0         192.168.0.1     0.0.0.0         UG        0 0      
    0 eth0
0.0.0.0         209.xxx.xx.xxx  0.0.0.0         UG        0 0      
    0 ppp0


should I not be specify 192.168.0.1 as default gateway?
eth0 netmask is set to 255.255.255.0 using netcfg, but here it 
shows up as 255.255.255.255. and 192.168.0.0 (the network) is 
255.255.255.0

I am utterly confused at this point.

LP