From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 14 21:57:37 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA18685 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 14 Apr 1998 21:57:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from tera.com (tera.tera.com [207.108.223.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA18680 for ; Wed, 15 Apr 1998 04:57:32 GMT (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by tera.com (8.8.7/8.7.3) with UUCP id VAA12904; Tue, 14 Apr 1998 21:56:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from kline@localhost) by tao.thought.org (8.8.5/8.7.3) id VAA11801; Tue, 14 Apr 1998 21:48:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Gary Kline Message-Id: <199804150448.VAA11801@tao.thought.org> Subject: Re: Parallel link In-Reply-To: <19980415112547.P1870@freebie.lemis.com> from Greg Lehey at "Apr 15, 98 11:25:47 am" To: grog@lemis.com (Greg Lehey) Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 21:48:50 -0700 (PDT) Cc: kline@thought.org, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, imdave@mcs.net Organization: <> thought.org: public access uNix in service... <> X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL32 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG According to Greg Lehey: > On Tue, 14 April 1998 at 9:59:42 -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > [[ ... ]] > > When testing things, don't use /etc/rc.conf. Otherwise you need to > reboot every time you change anything. All right; I thought there might be a reinitialization cmd. .... > > Your tools are ifconfig and netstat--see "The Complete FreeBSD", > second edition (http://www.cdrom.com/titles/os/bsdbook2.htm) for > techniques. At this stage, it would be good to see the output from > 'ifconfig -a' and 'netstat -rn' on both machines. > Appended, find the output files from my 6x86 and this (P90) platform. Still not working, and assuming that my laplink cable is good, something must be wrong with my /etc/sysconfig and /etc/rc.conf configurations. You and Doug and probably many others may see it at once. I've got your first book ``INSTALLING AND RUNNING FREEBSD''; since 2.1.5, and I'll order the 2nd ed of your ``COMPLETE FREEBSD'' In the meantime, let me know if the following makes any sense! gary encl: both.out > # # P90 (tao) # lp0: flags=8851 mtu 1500 inet 10.0.0.1 --> 10.0.0.2 netmask 0xff000000 lp1: flags=8810 mtu 1500 tun0: flags=8051 mtu 296 inet 207.108.223.55 --> 207.108.223.19 netmask 0xffffff00 sl0: flags=c010 mtu 552 lo0: flags=8049 mtu 16384 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 Routing tables Internet: Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Netif Expire default 207.108.223.19 UGc 3 31 tun0 10.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 UH 0 0 lo0 => 10.0.0.1/32 10.0.0.2 UGSc 0 0 lp0 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 UH 0 749 lo0 207.108.223.19 207.108.223.55 UH 4 0 tun0 207.108.223.55 127.0.0.1 UH 0 0 lo0 # # 6x86 (sage) # lp0: flags=8851 mtu 1500 inet 10.0.0.2 --> 10.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 tun0: flags=8051 mtu 296 sl0: flags=c010 mtu 552 lo0: flags=8049 mtu 16384 Routing tables Internet: Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Netif Expire 10.0.0.1 10.0.0.2 UH 0 0 lo0 => 10.0.0.1/32 10.0.0.2 UGSc 0 0 lp0 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 UH 0 0 lo0 -- Gary D. Kline kline@tao.thought.org Public service uNix To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message