From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 14 12:48:20 2004 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 D118116A4CE for ; Wed, 14 Jan 2004 12:48:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from dm3cn8.bell.ca (dm3cn8.bell.ca [206.47.0.145]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF30F43D53 for ; Wed, 14 Jan 2004 12:48:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from christopher.hollow@cgi.com) Received: from 142.122.115.62dm3cn8.bell.ca with ESMTP (Tumbleweed MMS SMTP Relay (MMS v5.0)); Wed, 14 Jan 2004 15:43:43 -0500 X-Server-Uuid: D4A4E604-913A-4A1B-8C07-2866D92AD410 Received: from cgi.com ([142.182.31.48]) by bt5c69.on.bell.ca (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15 BESI_Messaging_7 Apr 29 2002 13:22:02) with ESMTP id HRHYWU00.IKR; Wed, 14 Jan 2004 15:43:42 -0500 Message-ID: <4005A983.5050702@cgi.com> Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 15:41:39 -0500 From: "HOLLOW, CHRISTOPHER" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.3.1) Gecko/20030425 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Marwan Sultan" References: <20040114162950.M68358@kifco.net> In-Reply-To: <20040114162950.M68358@kifco.net> X-WSS-ID: 6C1B76751567563-01-01 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: FreeBSD questions List Subject: Re: cabling problem? 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: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 20:48:20 -0000 It does not work because you are not using the correct cable. In order to directly connect to NICs (or NIC-to-Router) you need a cross-over cable. The pin-through is different than a normal patch cable. Google "cross-over cable" or just ask the guy behind the counter of your local computer store for one. HTH, Christopher Hollow Technical Consultant Marwan Sultan wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I'm Running FreeBSD 4.8-R, NATd, Firewall enabled. > This box acting as a gateway. > > Modem Router calling the Internet and connected to rl0 in my FreeBSD > and rl1 connected to HUB clients. > > When I plug the network cable From the Modem router directly to my > FreeBSD in the first NIC rl0 it doesnot take the internet connection. > and nor the light in the rl0 lights.! > > So to solve the problem, I have a small HUB i pluged the cable from > the router to hub (uplink) and from the HUB to rl0 then everything > works fine, and the NIC light comes on, and NATd works great > also all clients have the internet access. > > The question is: > Why the network cable from Modem router to box directly doesnot > work in the time from Modem router to HUB and from HUB to BSD > box works fine? > > Thank you all. > -- > Marwan Sultan > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >