From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Apr 26 7:18:15 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mailhost.chi.ameritech.net (mpdr0.chicago.il.ameritech.net [206.141.239.142]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3109437BD48 for ; Wed, 26 Apr 2000 07:18:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from adavis@ubasics.com) Received: from ubasics.com ([199.179.190.202]) by mailhost.chi.ameritech.net (InterMail v4.01.01.07 201-229-111-110) with ESMTP id <20000426141801.NJNN823.mailhost.chi.ameritech.net@ubasics.com> for ; Wed, 26 Apr 2000 09:18:01 -0500 Message-ID: <3906FA95.1E27E9BA@ubasics.com> Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 10:17:57 -0400 From: "M. Adam Davis" Organization: Micro Basics X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: Can't ping my newly installed 4.0 box References: <3905F585.3DDAAAC6@ubasics.com> <00042713101602.00383@freebsd.freebsd.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Danny wrote: > > 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? Shoot, I didn't even think about that! I suppose that a ping from 10.1.1.1 with a subnet of 255.255.255.0 to 10.0.0.1 just isn't going to make it... > Have you tried switching the Base T cable with another one? This machine was previously running Windows and I have not changed the cable nor location, so it should be fine. Thanks! -Adam To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message