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Date:      Fri, 30 Jan 1998 17:11:33 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Jeff Henning <jeh@anubis.network.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Networking blues...
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980130171054.2815J-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199801301327.HAA16537@osiris.network.com>

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On Fri, 30 Jan 1998, Jeff Henning wrote:

> 
> 
> I am having problems getting my 2 PCs running 2.2.5 to talk
> to each other.  I am using the 3Com Etherlink III Combo
> ethernet cards.  I configured the cards with the 3Com
> utility as described in the mailing list archive.  I have
> my pentium tower set up as a gateway and a 486 tower as a
> host (Using 10.0.1.x for IP addresses).  The following
> files were set up:
> 
> - /etc/hosts
> - /etc/host.conf
> - /etc/rc.conf
> - /etc/resolv.conf
> 
> Here's the problem.  I am running tcpdump on the pentium
> system to view traffic on the interface (unfortunately
> I can't run tcpdump from the 486 until I can recompile
> a new kernel).  I can attempt to ping the pentium from
> the 486 and no traffic shows up on tcpdump. 

I can't help you until I know more about your network.  ASCII art and
ifconfig -a / netstat -rn output would be very helpful.


Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major





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