From owner-freebsd-net Sun May 10 19:28:28 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA20345 for freebsd-net-outgoing; Sun, 10 May 1998 19:28:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from wna1.wna-linknet.com (root@wna1.wna-linknet.com [208.128.88.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA20340 for ; Sun, 10 May 1998 19:28:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from x5gb7uk9@wna-linknet.com) Received: from RED_DWARF (cust129.wna-linknet.com [208.128.88.129]) by wna1.wna-linknet.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id WAA01673 for ; Sun, 10 May 1998 22:28:25 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <35566154.1E53@wna-linknet.com> Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 21:24:20 -0500 From: "Arnold J. Rimmer" Reply-To: x5gb7uk9@wna-linknet.com Organization: Jupiter Mining Corporation X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (WinNT; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: home network Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org located a typo in /etc/rc.conf; have set: ifconfig_ed0="inet 192.168.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.0" after reboot ifconfig -a results: ed0: flags=8843 mtu 1500 inet 192.168.1.2 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255 ether 00:00:c0:0f:62:9b ping 192.168.1.255 from freebsd box results: PING 192.168.1.255(192.168.1.255): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 192.168.1.2: icmp_seq=0 ttl=266 time=0.169 ms (this line repeats only time changes a bit and icmp_seq increments; no response from other box) /etc/rc.conf Network configuration section reads: hostname="arnold.my.domain" nisdomainname="NO" firewall="NO" tcp_extensions="YES" network_interfaces="lo0 ed0" ifconfig_lo0="inet 127.0.0.1" ifconfig_ed0="inet 192.168.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.0" further down in Network routing options only change i made was: gateway_enable="YES" on the windoze end tcp/ip is set as follows: ip address: 192.168.1.1 subnet mask: 255.255.255.0 default gateway: 192.168.1.2 /etc/hosts reads (on both boxes): 192.168.1.1 missarlene missarlene.my.domain #Windows NT 192.168.1.2 arnold arnold.my.domain #FreeBSD System 127.0.0.1 localhost according to diagnostics on the windoze box, tcp/ip starts at boot and is runnung. ping 192.168.1.255 from windoze box results: timed out ping 192.168.1.1 from windoze box results: pinging 192.168.1.1 with 32 bytes of data: reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<10ms ttl=128 ping localhost results: pinging missarlene.my.domain [127.0.0.1] with 32 bytes of data: reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<10ms ttl=128 AJR / If you get to it / and you cannot do it / there you jolly well are / aren't you? ...Lord Buckley To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message