Another problem with network

[jerry]

John DeCarlo wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> 1.  I would think your eth0 driver would be OK if the other computer can 
> ping you.
> 
> 2.  If you can't ping or connect to the other machine, my first guess 
> would be a routing problem.
> 
> What is the output of typing "route" on the command line?
> 
> It should say the default gateway for 192.168.1.0 <http://192.168.1.0> 
> is 192.168.1.1 <http://192.168.1.1> (or whatever your router is).  If 
> all you get is a "*", then it is trying to connect over your dial-up, 
> probably.  Unless it shows it should use the interface "eth0".
> 
> What does it say?
> -- 
> John DeCarlo, My Views Are My Own
> 
Here is the result of route:


jerry at backup:~ $ route
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use 
Iface
localnet        *               255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 eth0

I have never set a default gateway. On each computer I connect directly 
to the net via dialup modem, and only use eth0 for ssh. I do not have a 
gateway set on the other computer.

If I were to set a gateway on kubuntu which ip would I use; 192.168.1.0, 
192.168.1.10?

If I try tracerout here is what I get:

jerry at backup.jerrysdomain.com:/etc/network $ traceroute main
traceroute to main (192.168.1.50), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
  1  * * *
  2  * * *
  3  * * *
  4  * * *
  5  * * *
  6  * * *
  7  * * *
  8  * * *
  9  * * *
10  * * *
11  * * *
12  * * *
13  * * *
14  * * *
15  * * *
16  * * *
17  * * *
18  * * *
19  * * *
20  * * *
21  * * *
22  * * *
23  * * *
24  * * *
25  * * *
26  * * *
27  * * *
28  * * *
29  * * *
30  * * *

I have no idea what this means.

Thanks for all your help John

Jerry