Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 13:08:56 +1000 From: Danny <dannyh@idx.com.au> To: "M. Adam Davis" <adavis@ubasics.com>, "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Can't ping my newly installed 4.0 box Message-ID: <00042713101602.00383@freebsd.freebsd.org> References: <3905F585.3DDAAAC6@ubasics.com>
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You can use /stand/sysinstall to reconfigure your Ethernet card. Is so much easier than ifconfig In resposne to your question:- Is your subnet mask correct? Have you tried switching the Base T cable with another one? Hope it helps/ On Wed, 26 Apr 2000, M. Adam Davis wrote: > I came back from comdex and the Linux world in Chicago, all ready to set up > FreeBSD 4.0 and everything goes *very* smoothly! Much better than when I > installed 3.x so long ago. > > The only issue I have is that something in the network configuration must not > have been set up correctly. I've been through both the FreeBSD handbook and The > Complete FreeBSD and neither are giving me any clues. > > Upon bootup, ed0 is recognized (IRQ 10, Port 0x280) and there are not error > messages. > > I can ping from the box to itself (ping -c 3 10.1.1.1) but cannot ping any other > machine on my network from the box, nor can I ping the box from another machine. > > I don't know what I'm doing, but poking around makes me feel like ifconfig needs > to be looked at: > > 'ifconfig ed0' shows something about inet6 being attached to ed0, but no inet. > after 'ifconfig ed0 inet 10.1.1.1' I still cannot ping anywhere. > > The last time I had this problem it was because the kernel was not configured > properly by the install, I changed the GENERIC and recompiled and it worked very > well. This time it looks like the kernel is fine, but I'm missing something > else. > > The card I'm using is a Linksys 10baseT (NE2000 compatible) ISA nic which I have > configured for irq 10 port 0x280. The hub shows it is connected, and the card > shows activity when there is network traffic... > > I really appreciate all the work everyone has put into FreeBSD! It is > spectacular. This is my second try at it (the first time I couldn't get X > going, and didn't have the time to pursue it, so I used the system for something > else) > > -Adam > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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