From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 19 14:01:18 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA25260 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 19 Nov 1998 14:01:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA25247 for ; Thu, 19 Nov 1998 14:01:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA12966; Thu, 19 Nov 1998 14:00:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 14:00:30 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White To: Tetsuji Rai cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: network connection In-Reply-To: <000101be13b6$c0130480$9b24fea9@caq23050> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 19 Nov 1998, Tetsuji Rai wrote: > I'm thinking of connecting 2 computers by ether net (10BASE2)., one of which > is connected to Internet by PPP. This is mentioned in the handbook, but I > cannot get it to work. Like following > [local2] <-ether-> [local1] <-ppp-> [ISP] > > First of all, 2 computers cannot be connected. On local1, > ifconfig ep0 inet 10.0.0.1 link1 (ep0 means 3c509, link1 specifies BNC) > is executed. On local2 > ifconfig ep0 inet 10.0.0.2 link2 > is executed. But these two machines are not connected (ie. even ping > doesn't work) > Furthermore, after executing > route add default 10.0.0.1 > on local2, some programs like xterm doesn't run properly. > Any help I can get would be appreciated. First of all, I'd suggest going into the 3c509 DOS configuration program and forcing the media type to coax. It can't be reliably detected. Secondly, make sure each end is terminated, i.e. don't plug the cable straight into both ends -- use a T and a terminating resistor cap on each end. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message