Date: 04 Apr 1998 23:40:19 -0500 From: stephen farrell <stephen@farrell.org> To: Dima Dorfman <webmaster@zwb.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Ethernet problems with NE2000 Message-ID: <87vhsoev9o.fsf@phaedrus.uchicago.edu> In-Reply-To: Dima Dorfman's message of "Sat, 04 Apr 1998 18:12:53 -0800" References: <3.0.5.32.19980404181253.0092d100@mail.zwb.net>
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Dima Dorfman <webmaster@zwb.net> writes: > I can't get my NE2000 ISA card to work with my FreeBSD 2.2.6 box. It > dedects it ok. Then, I ru ifconfig, and configure the card by: > > ifconfig ed0 inet 192.168.77.253 netmask 255.255.255.0 > > I know I'm using the right numbers, and I can ping 192.168.77.253(my > address), but I can't ping 192.168.77.254 (IP of my laptop). I get a > "ping: sendto: permission denied". I'm logged in as root, so I translate > that as "hardware won't let you do that." That permission denied error message sounds like you have some firewalling misconfiguration.... besides that, I'd look at routing (try netstat -r). I don't think it's a hardware problem. -- Steve Farrell To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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