Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 19:05:56 +0000 (GMT) From: Jt <hometeam@techpower.net> To: Frank Griffith <frankg@idfw.com> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Pingless! Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980118190322.736A-100000@techpower.net> In-Reply-To: <01BD243A.29FEA7E0@dal29-14.ppp.iadfw.net>
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1 are these daisy chain?
2 is the freebsd the gateway for all machinces?
3 you have terminators at the end of each run?
some cards have built in terminators.
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On Sun, 18 Jan 1998, Frank Griffith wrote:
> I just completed the networking section of your tutorial. I am running
> FreeBSD 2.2.5 on a 486-66 computer with the following hardware:
>
> Generic Hayes Compatible Modem on COM2, IRQ3
> NE2000 Compatible NIC on IRQ10, I/O 300
>
> I can ping localhost and ping curly, on the FreeBSD unit as the
> tutorial describes. But I should mention here that this tutorial
> describes making changes to /etc/sysconfig ... NOT! This was
> my problem for the first few hours. I found out it was rc.conf
> which needs to be changed in lieu of sysconf. You might want
> to correct this in you tutorial.
>
> My FreeBSD box is connected via BNC cable to three other machines.
> A Novell 4.1 server and two Windows 95 machines. I can login to the
> Novell server with the Windows 95 machines and can ping them. But
> I can't ping them from the FreeBSD machine, nor visa versa.
>
> I have been back through the tutorial, section 3.1 through section 5.1
> several times. I found a few typos, but all looks according to the tutorial.
> Still I can't see the FreeBSD machines with the Windows95 machines.
> Can anyone help?
>
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