From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 22 02:04:04 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47B8F16A4CE for ; Tue, 22 Mar 2005 02:04:04 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.monochrome.org (b4.ebbed1.client.atlantech.net [209.190.235.180]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29A0143D41 for ; Tue, 22 Mar 2005 02:04:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chris@monochrome.org) Received: from frambozen (frambozen [192.168.1.9]) by mail.monochrome.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id VAA48310; Mon, 21 Mar 2005 21:04:01 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from chris@monochrome.org) Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 21:05:05 -0500 (EST) From: Chris Hill To: Francis Whittington In-Reply-To: <001c01c52e49$e36a1e00$6400a8c0@homevwz5ek429r> Message-ID: <20050321204135.W6858@frambozen.monochrome.org> References: <001c01c52e49$e36a1e00$6400a8c0@homevwz5ek429r> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed cc: FreeBSD Questions List Subject: Re: more info X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 02:04:04 -0000 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. -- Chris Hill chris@monochrome.org ** [ Busy Expunging <|> ]