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Date:      Wed, 31 Mar 1999 22:10:04 -0600 (CST)
From:      Jeff Fisher <a03572@opus.ies-energy.com>
To:        Roelof Osinga <roelof@eboa.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Routing probs.
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.990331220507.12942A-100000@opus.ies-energy.com>
In-Reply-To: <3702C502.4BB53D29@eboa.com>

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On Thu, 1 Apr 1999, Roelof Osinga wrote:

> 
> Jeff Fisher wrote:
> > 
> > Ok, I know I've made some stupid mistake, but I can't figure it out.
> > 
> > I have two interfaces in a box.  One is on the internal network, and
> > ...
> > When I try to ping from the external interface, I get host down messages.  When I
> > try to ping from an external box to the external interface, I get the same messages.
> > I doubt it's the interface, since I used ed0 as the only interface when I first set
> > up the box.
> 
> Alas, no help. Instead I got the very same problem you do. I even swapped
> NICs to eliminate hardware problems.

Alas, it was a dumb mistake on my end... I had plugged it into the hub, and watched the
link light come on the hub.  I forgot to check the card... It ended up being a bad
cable between the two patch panels.  Nothing like embarrasing myself in public. :-(


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Jeff Fisher                      UNIX Sys Admin - Alliant Energy
jeff@ies-energy.com
... A booming voice says, "Wrong, cretin!", and you notice that you
have turned into a pile of dust.    - fortune



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