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Date:      Sun, 26 Nov 2000 15:38:56 -0500 (EST)
From:      Jim Freeze <jim@freeze.org>
To:        cjclark@alum.mit.edu
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Need help with natd and connecting Windows to LAN
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011261537120.34230-100000@www.bellnetworks.net>
In-Reply-To: <20001126115516.B70192@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com>

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On W98

c:\>arp -a
No ARP Entries Found

jfreeze@eeyore1
('tty') /usr/home/jfreeze/web/www.freebsdportal.com/htdocs 11 -> dmesg |
grep al0
al0: <ADMtek AN985 10/100BaseTX> rev 0x11 int a irq 5 on pci0.11.0
al0: Ethernet address: ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
al0: autoneg complete, link status good (full-duplex, 100Mbps)
al0: promiscuous mode enabled
al0: promiscuous mode enabled
al0: promiscuous mode enabled

Jim


On Sun, 26 Nov 2000, Crist J . Clark wrote:

> On Sun, Nov 26, 2000 at 01:58:20PM -0500, Jim Freeze wrote:
> > Hi Crist:
> > 
> > My gateway inside nic is a LinkSys network card.
> > The pc nic is a Netgear FA311 card.
> > 
> > What other info do you need?
> 
> If you go to the WinBox, what does it say for, 'arp -a'?
> 
> What does your dmesg(8) output for your NIC look like?
> 
> I must say that I have never seen anything like this before. As I tell
> the guys I work with (the network group), at the physical layer if the
> problem is more invloved than making sure that the wires go to the
> right places and straight-through versus cross-over, I call them. If
> there is a data layer issue, I'll handle getting the UNIX-boxes to do
> whatever they need to[0], but as for the switches, VLANs, etc., I call
> them.
> 
> [0] It is fun to play with MACs on Suns. Actually what is fun is the
> absolute befuddled expression PC-centric types get when you explain to
> them that all of the interfaces on a Sun have the same MAC address in
> their default configuration. I wish some of the people who post to
> this list asking why they get funny messages when they plug multiple
> NICs from one machine into a hub or switch would try that with a
> Sun. You can really have fun.
> -- 
> Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@alum.mit.edu
> 
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