The Howard Johnson [1] we're staying at can't configure their wireless network.
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```
[spc]darkstar:~>netstat -rn
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface
192.168.8.1 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 eth0
192.168.255.0 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
0.0.0.0 192.168.8.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
[spc]darkstar:~>
```
Yes, I was assigned an IP (Internet Protocol) of 192.168.255.101 (with a netmask of 255.255.255.0) yet my gateway was defined as 192.168.8.1.
No XXXXXXX wonder I couldn't connect out. I just reassigned myself the IP of 192.168.8.240 (netmask of 255.255.255.0) and it worked just fine.
Sheesh!