From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 15 23:45:28 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4ECC616A4CE for ; Thu, 15 Jul 2004 23:45:28 +0000 (GMT) Received: from pd4mo2so.prod.shaw.ca (shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B8E243D41 for ; Thu, 15 Jul 2004 23:45:28 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from flowers@nekulturny.org) Received: from pd3mr1so.prod.shaw.ca (pd3mr1so-ser.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.177])2003))freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 15 Jul 2004 17:40:33 -0600 (MDT) Received: from pn2ml5so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.149]) by pd3mr1so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0I0X00DAX33LPNA0@pd3mr1so.prod.shaw.ca> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 15 Jul 2004 17:40:33 -0600 (MDT) Received: from nekulturny.org (S0106004001438e5b.cg.shawcable.net [68.144.47.89]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.18 (built Jul 28 2003)) with ESMTP id <0I0X00E5G33LMC@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 15 Jul 2004 17:40:33 -0600 (MDT) Received: from nekulturny.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nekulturny.org (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i6FNeWk1002575; Thu, 15 Jul 2004 17:40:32 -0600 (MDT envelope-from flowers@nekulturny.org) Received: (from flowers@localhost) by nekulturny.org (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i6FNeVUD002574; Thu, 15 Jul 2004 17:40:31 -0600 (MDT envelope-from flowers) Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 17:40:31 -0600 From: Danny MacMillan In-reply-to: <40F6D317.1030406@mac.com> To: Chuck Swiger Message-id: <20040715234031.GE1473@procyon.nekulturny.org> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i References: <20040713200422.36735.qmail@web52502.mail.yahoo.com> <001001c46920$f347b790$152a15ac@spud> <20040714094104.GA71531@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> <20040714224010.GA1520@procyon.nekulturny.org> <20040714230638.0667d90c@localhost> <20040714232113.6bfba8e8@localhost> <20040715180514.GB1473@procyon.nekulturny.org> <40F6D317.1030406@mac.com> cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Freebsd 5.1 <-> Win XP Networking problems X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 23:45:28 -0000 On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 12:55:19PM -0600, Chuck Swiger wrote: > > The packet will contain the MAC address of the router. > > Your machine will lookup the MAC address by doing an ARPOP_REQUEST for the > IP address mentioned in the routing table which matches the destination IP > address of the packet being sent (typically, using your "default" route). Ah, this is what I was looking for. Thank you. > Your description is right. A good primer of TCP networking ought to discuss > why people use subnetting, perhaps check 'TCP/IP Network Admin' from > O'Reilly. I will check it out. Thanks for the pointer. > -- > -Chuck -- Danny MacMillan