Date: Sat, 4 Jul 1998 01:20:28 -0600 (MDT) From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: ruth@muswell.demon.co.uk, smoergrd@oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: connecting NT and FBSD via tcp/ip over ethernet Message-ID: <199807040720.BAA02577@softweyr.com> In-Reply-To: <rx4g1gjgqar.fsf@oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com> References: <rx4g1gjgqar.fsf@oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com>
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My hidden microphone recorded (Dag-Erling Coidan Sm?rgrav)
(smoergrd@oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com) saying:
% ruth moulton <ruth@muswell.demon.co.uk> 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.
And NT 4.0 nearly always gets the netmask WRONG in the control panel.
If you enter a class C address, it chooses the class B netmask of
255.255.0.0. Doh!
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"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
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