Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 20:34:04 -0400 From: Dennis <dennis@etinc.com> To: Kim Shrier <kim@tinker.com> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PTP ethernets Message-ID: <200007280020.UAA04422@etinc.com> In-Reply-To: <3980CA26.3978DCB8@tinker.com> References: <200007272323.TAA04240@etinc.com>
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At 06:47 PM 7/27/00 -0500, Kim Shrier wrote: >If I understand your question correctly, all you need to do to set up >a ptp ethernet link is: > >ifconfig fxp0 inet 200.1.1.1 200.1.1.2 It *seems* like that should work, but it doesnt. When ping from one machine to another, the receiver doesnt respond and ip stats show "upsupported protocol" counter increasing accordingly. On the lan monitor the packet looks ok, so i dont quite understand why it doesnt work. dennis > > >Dennis wrote: >> >> Is it possible to have only one address on an ethernet network? the only >> way that I can get it to work is with: >> >> ifconfig fxp0 200.1.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.255 >> route add fxp0 200.1.1.2 -interface fxp0 >> arp -s 200.1.1.2 ether-address >> >> Is there a way to get such a setup to work dynamically with ARPs? >> >> DB >> >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > >-- > Kim Shrier - principal, Shrier and Deihl - mailto:kim@tinker.com >Remote Unix Network Admin, Security, Internet Software Development > Tinker Internet Services - Superior FreeBSD-based Web Hosting > http://www.tinker.com/ > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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