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Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
192.168.0.0     *               255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 eth0
127.0.0.0       *               255.0.0.0       U     0      0        0 lo
default         192.168.0.1     0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0 eth0
this is the output of "route". route -a says "no such option -a"

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eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 52:54:00:DA:63:33  
          inet addr:192.168.0.3  Bcast:192.168.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:3844 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:3939 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:9 txqueuelen:100 
          RX bytes:2618257 (2.4 Mb)  TX bytes:1121818 (1.0 Mb)
          Interrupt:11 Base address:0xe800 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:300 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:300 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:20184 (19.7 Kb)  TX bytes:20184 (19.7 Kb)
and that was ifconfig -a

pinging the w2k machine (192.168.0.1) goes well, and so does traceroutes :
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PING 192.168.0.1 (192.168.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=128 time=0.498 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=128 time=0.511 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=128 time=0.512 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=4 ttl=128 time=0.504 ms

--- 192.168.0.1 ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 3003ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.498/0.506/0.512/0.016 ms
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traceroute to knoppix.net (66.220.1.171), 30 hops max, 38 byte packets
 1  192.168.0.1 (192.168.0.1)  1.437 ms  0.724 ms  0.449 ms
 2  10.243.64.1 (10.243.64.1)  7.315 ms  15.649 ms  5.889 ms
 3  172.18.12.13 (172.18.12.13)  13.920 ms  10.461 ms  29.001 ms
 4  172.17.0.141 (172.17.0.141)  9.810 ms *  13.180 ms
 5  172.17.0.53 (172.17.0.53)  10.715 ms  10.767 ms  10.154 ms
 6  172.18.0.10 (172.18.0.10)  12.693 ms  12.923 ms  10.833 ms
 7  pal6-goldenlines-1-il.seabone.net (195.22.196.193)  39.198 ms  37.647 ms  38.858 ms
 8  linx-lon1-racc1.lon.seabone.net (195.22.209.109)  85.275 ms  85.358 ms  86.012 ms
 9  gsr12012.lon.he.net (195.66.224.21)  84.928 ms  83.456 ms  82.956 ms
10  pos8-0.br1.nyc.he.net (216.218.200.101)  173.409 ms  161.444 ms  160.105 ms
11  pos2-1.gsr12012.chi.he.net (64.71.157.62)  182.580 ms  181.442 ms  181.900 ms
12  pos1-0.gsr12012.sjc.he.net (64.62.227.53)  312.851 ms  303.247 ms  305.928 ms
13  pos1-2.gsr12416.fmt.he.net (64.71.128.182)  301.939 ms  303.371 ms  303.162 ms
14  pos10-0.gsr12012.fmt.he.net (216.218.193.134)  234.412 ms  233.764 ms *
15  knoppix.net (66.220.1.171)  236.758 ms  236.599 ms  238.399 ms
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PING knoppix.net (66.220.1.171) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from knoppix.net (66.220.1.171): icmp_seq=1 ttl=52 time=252 ms
64 bytes from knoppix.net (66.220.1.171): icmp_seq=2 ttl=52 time=244 ms
64 bytes from knoppix.net (66.220.1.171): icmp_seq=3 ttl=52 time=240 ms
64 bytes from knoppix.net (66.220.1.171): icmp_seq=4 ttl=52 time=240 ms

--- knoppix.net ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 3026ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 240.414/244.472/252.442/4.929 ms
i have this problem for several weeks now, and both the w2k machine and it's attached cable modem (Ambit) where restarted several times since.[/code]