Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 21:05:05 -0500 (EST) From: Chris Hill <chris@monochrome.org> To: Francis Whittington <fewjr@adelphia.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions List <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: more info Message-ID: <20050321204135.W6858@frambozen.monochrome.org> In-Reply-To: <001c01c52e49$e36a1e00$6400a8c0@homevwz5ek429r> References: <001c01c52e49$e36a1e00$6400a8c0@homevwz5ek429r>
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On Mon, 21 Mar 2005, Francis Whittington wrote:
> Sorry if I wasn't clear on my hookup to the internet.
> ____________(((((WLAN
> | to daughterXP
> cable DI-524
> modem________wireless____________Main
> router XPbox
> |_____________bsd
> box
Hi Francis,
I'm cc'ing the list because that's the etiquette here; hope that's OK
with you. The idea is that others might benefit from reading the
discussion.
> Hope that shows it better.The router connects to the modem. All other
> connections are through router. Daughter's XP box is on the wireless LAN. my
> XP box and BSD box are hardwired to router.
Your diagram got a bit mangled in the email, but I get the idea.
> Yes I did use a crossover cable to bsd box because it said router was
> Auto-MDI/MDI-X. Meaning you can use either straight through or
> crossover. That would be in windows though I guess.
That auto business is a function of the hardware; it shouldn't matter
what OS is running on it. If you get a link light, the wiring is good
(usually). But technically one should use a straight-thru cable from a
computer to a router, so it might be worth trying.
> So I gess I could try changing that. I did a "ping www.goggle.com" ,
> so that is the same as being able to ping router
> (192.168.0.1).....right?
Not really, but if you can get through to the internet then the router
connection is OK.
> I mean its getting to internet , just not seeing network. Let me add
> that i can ping bsd box (192.168.0.102) from main WinXP box, but I
> cannot ping daughter's XP box on the wireless LAN. She is the only one
> thats on the WLAN. Now...I can ping the routerand the bsd box from her
> XP box, but I can't ping the main XP box.
So a "pingability" table might look like this:
To
>From BSD XP daughter router
BSD - no no yes
XP yes - ? ?
daughter yes ? - yes
> So basically, everyone is on the internet, but the local network at
> home is a mess.
Bizarre. In your other email you said in part
> ifconfig -a shows that rl0:
> inet 192.168.0.102 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255
> Okay, now to winXP box: ipconfig /all gives us:
> Ethernet local Area:
> ip addy..........................192.168.0.100
> subnet mask...................255.255.255.0
> default gateway...............192.168.0.1
> dhcp server.......................192.168.0.1
> DNS servers...................192.168.0.1
> and gives the lease dates and all.
...which all looks OK: non-conflicting IPs, same netmask.
So other than the possible cable issue mentioned above, about all I can
think of is that maybe you have an IP address conflict after all. I
notice you gave the BSD box a .102 IP - are you sure the DHCP server
didn't also assign that IP to your daughter's machine? Check the
D-Link's configuration using its web interface, and see what range of
addresses it's set up to hand out. It would be a good idea to give your
BSD box an address which is not in that range.
HTH.
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Chris Hill chris@monochrome.org
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