Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 17:00:38 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: warren maxwell <wmaxwell@ix.netcom.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help routing Message-ID: <3EE8E9F6.3050908@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <000d01c33123$793d9040$016f8798@warrenma> References: <000801c33110$6c0af100$016f8798@warrenma> <3EE8CE4F.7030408@potentialtech.com> <000d01c33123$793d9040$016f8798@warrenma>
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[Please keep freebsd-questions in the CC] warren maxwell wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bill Moran" <wmoran@potentialtech.com> > >>warren maxwell wrote: >> >>>Im setting up a serial line connection and i am unable to ping because > > it says no host. How do i set up my base local address to be 192.168.2.1? > The commands i am running are as follows, > >>>slattach -h -l -n -s 19200 /dev/cuaa0 >>>ifconfig sl0 192.168.2.2 192.168.2.3 up >>> >>>Do i need to add a route command like this? >>>route add -net 192.168.2 192.168.2.0 255.255.255.0 >>> >>>Thanks for all the help in advance guys, much appreciated. >>>Bryan >> >>Check 'netstat -rn' and see if an appropriate route is in >>there, if not you'll probably have to add it manually each >>time you connect. It seems that some types of interfaces >>create a route automatically (ethernet, for example) while >>others don't. > > Well i added the route command like this, > route add -net 192.168.2 localhost 255.255.255.0, this allowed me to ping > the 192.168.2.2 side of things but the 192.168.2.3 gave me this error, ping: > sendto: Network dropped connection on reset > Any ideas? Thanks once again in advance, I am a newbie at this linux stuff, > but the one thing I love about is all the help from the community. Thanks :) > Bryan Please send the complete output of 'ifconfig' and 'netstat -rn'. I'm wondering if there is a config problem elsewhere that is causing problems with the routing. -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com
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