Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 09:25:43 -0700 From: dgkerr@juno.com To: chicago30s@yahoo.com Cc: andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu, scott@bsdprophet.org, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: adding freebsd box to home LAN Message-ID: <20011228.092543.1292.0.dgkerr@juno.com>
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Hi All, I do not qualify as an expert by any means, but... In my limited experience with a 3com 3c509 NIC and FreeBSD, you need to get the dos disk, boot in dos and disable plug an play on this NIC. Manually set the NIC, and the IRQ. I have not been successful on two or three of these until Plug and Play is disabled. Also, what is bandwidth on the rest of your LAN? Is it 100baseT? You may have issues with a 10baseT and 100baseT on the same network. Regards, George On Fri, 28 Dec 2001 10:35:24 -0500 "AlCapone" <chicago30s@yahoo.com> writes: > Good Morning Gentlemen, > I want to clarify few things: first of all, besides my gateway > (winxp, > 192.168.0.1 && 12.34.56.78) and frebsd box (192.168.0.3) I have > another pc > (win98se 192.168.0.2) which is using winxp as it's gateway, so winxp > is > configured properly to allow sharing, so gateway problem are out of > the way. > I do want to point out though, that ifconfig -m ep0 gives me this > (ep0 my > 3com 3c509 nic with 2 physical exits, coax and tp): > > ifcoinfig -m ep0 (ep0 my network, 3com 3c509) > ep0: flags=8843 mtu 1500 > inet 192.168.0.3 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255 > inet6 fe80::220:afff:fe58:e700%ep0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 > ether 00:20:af:58:a7:00 > media: Ethernet 10baseT/UTP > > supported media: > media 10baseT/UTP > media 10base5/AUI > > I have heard that there should be line 'status' right by 'media' and > I am > missing it. What are you opinions on missing 'status', how do I > bring it up? > On www.freebsddiary.org forums, Daniel Schrock, asked me to post my > ifconfig -i and ifconfig -r results. I am not sure if they are of > any use to > find the problem, but just to be on the safe side here they're: > > netstat -i > > Name Mtu Network Address IpktsIerrsOpkrtsOerrs > ep0 1500 00:20:af:58:e7:00 1664 0 184 183 > ep 1500 192.168.0 gangster 491 - 183 - > ep 1500 fe80:1::220 fe80:1::220:afff: 0 - 0 - > lp* 1500 0 0 0 0 > lo 16384 10 0 10 0 > lo 16384 ::1 ::1 0 - 0 - > lo 16384 fe80:3::1 fe80:3:1 0 - 0 - > lo 16384 127 localhost 4 - 4 - > ooo* 1500 0 0 0 0 > sl0* 552 0 0 0 0 > faith 1500 0 0 0 0 > (last column - Coll - did not fit, but its exactly like last on in > here - > oerrs) > > netstat -r > > Routing tables > > Internet: > Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Netif Expire > default 1337g UGSc 0 0 ep0 > localhost localhost UH 0 4 lo0 > 192.168.0 link#1 UC 2 0 ep0 > 1337g 0:50:ba:53:ef:a5 UHLW 2 187 ep0 942 > gangster 0:20:af:58:e7:0 UHLW 0 6 lo0 > > Internet6: > Destination Gateway Flags Netif Expire > :: ::1 UGRSc lo0 > ::1 ::1 UH lo0 > ::ffff:0.0.0.0 ::1 UGRSc lo0 > fe80:: ::1 UGRSc lo0 > fe80::%ep0 link#1 UC ep0 > fe80::220:afff:fe5 0:20:af:58:e7:0 UHL lo0 > fe80::%lo0 fe80::1%lo0 Uc lo0 > fe80::1%lo0 link#3 UHL lo0 > ff01:: ::1 U lo0 > ff02:: ::1 UGRSc lo0 > ff02::%ep0 link#1 UC ep0 > ff02LL%lo0 ::1 UC lo0 > > Again, there are my boxes in lan > > winxp-> 1337g -> 192.168.0.1 -> winxp gateway for freebsd > win98se -> eugene -> 192.168.0.2 -> doesnt appear here, another lan > box > freebsd 4.4 -> gangster -> 192.168.0.3 -> freebsd box itself > > XP - 2 NICs 12.34.56.78 and 192.168.0.1 > 98 - 1 NIC 192.168.0.2 > BSD - 1 NIC 192.168.0.3 > > Cable modem --- straight (no cross) ----> 12.34.56.78 > 192.168.0.1 --- straight ----> Hub (no uplink port) > 192.168.0.2 --- straight ----> Hub (no uplink port) > 192.168.0.3 --- straight ----> Hub (no uplink port) > > > Bottom line: on other 2 forums, final reply was - "throw your junky > nic away > and buy something better, nowadays nobody uses 10baseT or exchange > it with > your win98". Might be a good idea to take my dlink from win98 and > switch > with freebsd's 3com, yet I hope there is something I could do, > becuase some > time ago when I was using slackware for few weeks I had had the > same > problem - loops back but doesn't work, and I did fix it somehow - > too bad > dont remember how exactly... > Thanks for any help, guys, I appreciate that! > > cheers, > AlCapone > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > What is difficult take time, what is impossible takes a little > longer > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Annelise Anderson" <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> > To: "Scott Corey" <scott@bsdprophet.org> > Cc: "AlCapone" <chicago30s@yahoo.com>; > <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> > Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 12:14 AM > Subject: Re: adding freebsd box to home lan > > > > On Thu, 27 Dec 2001, Scott Corey wrote: > > > > > You need to add the other boxes in /etc/hosts file on your > FreeBSD box. > > > However, It would be much better to use the FreeBSD box as a > gateway and > > > let the window boxes just be desktops, since that is about all > they are > > > good for. In the long run you will find that your FreeBSD box a > much > > > better gateway. > > > > > > Scott > > > > > > AlCapone wrote: > > > > > > > > Okie, I have just installed freebsd on one of my boxes > > > > and I would like to add it to my home lan. I have read > > > > handbook part about networking and it seems that my > > > > configuration is fine. > > > > > > ... > > > > Definitely the FreeBSD box as the gateway is "better,", but > > if you need to run Windows as the Internet connection, the > > FreeBSD machine can get there through it--with a default > > route of the internal interface on the Windows gateway. > > However, you have to use either Windows connection sharing > > (which may assign your other machines an IP address) or > > you need a Windows program like Sygate (which is what I've > > used) that basically does network address transalation > > (and will also forward ports and the like, as well as > > act as a DHCP server) on the Windows gateway. > > > > Annelise > > > > -- > > Annelise Anderson > > Author of: FreeBSD: An Open-Source Operating System for Your PC > > Available from: BSDmall.com and amazon.com > > Book Website: http://www.bittreepress.com/FreeBSD/introbook/ > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > George Kerr Web-Pilot www.milehirc.com dgkerr@juno.com web-pilot@attbi.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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