From owner-freebsd-net Sat May 9 21:05:04 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA09959 for freebsd-net-outgoing; Sat, 9 May 1998 21:05:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from wna1.wna-linknet.com (root@wna1.wna-linknet.com [208.128.88.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA09926 for ; Sat, 9 May 1998 21:04:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from x5gb7uk9@wna-linknet.com) Received: from RED_DWARF (cust142.wna-linknet.com [208.128.88.142]) by wna1.wna-linknet.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id AAA27995 for ; Sun, 10 May 1998 00:04:42 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <35552667.55DF@wna-linknet.com> Date: Sat, 09 May 1998 23:00:39 -0500 From: "Arnold J. Rimmer" Reply-To: x5gb7uk9@wna-linknet.com Organization: Jupiter Mining Corporation X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (WinNT; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: homenetwork Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org i am trying to setup a 2 box network in my home with the object of using the freebsd box as a gateway for a dialup internet connection. i have followed the instructions in the ppp tutorial. the second box is running windoze nt 4.0 and each box has an smc 8416 ethernet card on isa bus. each box seems to be setup properly, but they do not acknowledge each others existence. ping to localhost and hostname work on each end, but ping from freebsd box to windoze box results: host is down. ping from windoze box to freebsd box results: timed out. i have even checked the cable for breaks...none. any suggestions as to what i am doing wrong will be greatly appreciated. / If you get to it / and you cannot do it / there you jolly well are / aren't you? ...Lord Buckley To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message