From owner-freebsd-net Fri Jul 3 03:53:04 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id DAA04915 for freebsd-net-outgoing; Fri, 3 Jul 1998 03:53:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com (geos01.oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com [134.32.44.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id DAA04894; Fri, 3 Jul 1998 03:52:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from smoergrd@geos01.oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com) Received: from sunw132.geco-prakla.slb.com (sunw132 [134.32.45.120]) by oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com (8.8.8/8.6.9) with SMTP id MAA15942 ; Fri, 3 Jul 1998 12:52:14 +0200 (MET DST) Received: by sunw132.geco-prakla.slb.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id MAA09233; Fri, 3 Jul 1998 12:52:13 +0200 To: ruth moulton Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: connecting NT and FBSD via tcp/ip over ethernet References: <199806290725.IAA16248@muswell.demon.co.uk> <199806300146.VAA00278@mindspring.com> <199807030831.JAA01803@muswell.demon.co.uk> Organization: Schlumberger Geco-Prakla X-Disclaimer: I speak only for myself. From: smoergrd@oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com (Dag-Erling Coidan Smørgrav) Date: 03 Jul 1998 12:52:12 +0200 In-Reply-To: ruth moulton's message of Fri, 3 Jul 1998 09:31:45 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: Lines: 16 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.3/Emacs 19.34 Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org ruth moulton writes: > Solaris and NT talk to each other using Internet protocols (e.g. > telnet). > > Freebsd talks to niether - pings don't work in either direction. > However both Solaris and NT see the ARP messages from Freebsd and > put freebsds ethernet addresses in their tables. I hate to ask about such obvious things, but are you certain that the netmask is set up properly on all three machines? If the netmask on the FreeBSD box was wrong, you'd see precisely the symptoms you're describing, since FreeBSD wouldn't know how to route packets. DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - smoergrd@oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message