Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2002 20:52:43 +0100 From: "Alain Fabry" <alainfabry@belgacom.net> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: no network connectivity + no mouse recognized Message-ID: <002401c19490$37155170$2cbd88d9@ducati748>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0021_01C19498.976D0A10 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable All, I'm a beginner installing FreeBSD 4.4-Release. I've installed this on a machine with dual OS (Win2000 and FreeBSD) and = I'm encountering 2 problems. 1. For some reason FreeBSD is not recognizing my Microsoft Intellimouse = on Serial port COM2. When doing the installation I'm provinding all the = necessary information but still it does not work. Without this I can't = configure X-server/client. What are some steps I can take to get this to = work? 2. Another problem I have is that I cannot get a network connection = going. I've got it connected with a cross cable to another Win2000 = machine. When I do a ifconfig my ex0 (Intel Etherexpress Pro+) network = card indicates that it is up. I can ping its own IP address but cannot = seem to get any further (other machine). The routing seems to be fine = when I do a netstat -rn. The strange thing I notice is that I don't have = an entry in my arp table for the other machine. When I have both systems = running Win2000, my network connection works fine, so I know the cable = is good and the network card works. I've tried to manually put the MAC addresses in (arp -s ip MAC) but that = doesn't work. Another strange thing is that it shows in ifconfig that = the mac address is ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff even though it is something = completely different. Media type is correctly configured. Please let me know what steps I can take to troubleshoot this system and = get my mouse and network card to work as they should. If you have any specific questions, please let me know. I would give you more detailed information such as the output of = ifconfig/netstat etc, but I don't know how to get it from that machine = to this machine. I know a floppy should work but since I'm a beginner I = don't know yet how to get it to read a dos floppy so I can read it with = this machine. Hope to hear from you soon. Thanks in advance, Soon to be FreeBSDer (Hopefully) Alain ------=_NextPart_000_0021_01C19498.976D0A10 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>All, I'm a beginner installing FreeBSD=20 4.4-Release.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I've installed this on a machine with = dual OS=20 (Win2000 and FreeBSD) and I'm encountering 2 problems.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>1. For some reason FreeBSD is not = recognizing my=20 Microsoft Intellimouse on Serial port COM2. When doing the installation = I'm=20 provinding all the necessary information but still it does not work. = Without=20 this I can't configure X-server/client. What are some steps I can take = to get=20 this to work?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>2. Another problem I have is that I = cannot get a=20 network connection going. I've got it connected with a cross cable to = another=20 Win2000 machine. When I do a ifconfig my ex0 (Intel Etherexpress Pro+) = network=20 card indicates that it is up. I can ping its own IP address but cannot = seem to=20 get any further (other machine). The routing seems to be fine when I do = a=20 netstat -rn. The strange thing I notice is that I don't have an entry in = my arp=20 table for the other machine. When I have both systems running Win2000, = my=20 network connection works fine, so I know the cable is good and the = network card=20 works.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I've tried to manually put the MAC = addresses in=20 (arp -s ip MAC) but that doesn't work. Another strange thing is that it = shows in=20 ifconfig that the mac address is ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff even though it is = something=20 completely different. Media type is correctly configured.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Please let me know what steps I can = take to=20 troubleshoot this system and get my mouse and network card to work as = they=20 should.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>If you have any specific questions, = please let me=20 know.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I would give you more detailed = information such as=20 the output of ifconfig/netstat etc, but I don't know how to get it from = that=20 machine to this machine. I know a floppy should work but since I'm a = beginner I=20 don't know yet how to get it to read a dos floppy so I can read it with = this=20 machine.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hope to hear from you = soon.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Thanks in advance,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Soon to be FreeBSDer = (Hopefully)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Alain</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0021_01C19498.976D0A10-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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