Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 12:58:38 +0530 From: Arindam <arindam.mukerjee@gmail.com> To: bob.middaugh@comcast.net Cc: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Bill Moran <wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> Subject: Re: Network connectivity between FreeBSD and Linux Message-ID: <d85a51ff0609180028o32bb67cage8dfb83465a041f@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1158331599.25573.23.camel@freebsd> References: <d85a51ff0609140349p54bb3c6ud9b578791b7fbf1@mail.gmail.com> <3748E46A-16BD-4AD9-8EC3-84B10538F2BB@u.washington.edu> <d85a51ff0609140415t575ed7a6w75ba70335381e028@mail.gmail.com> <49B0565D-2C10-43CF-AB15-9CD712EFC074@u.washington.edu> <d85a51ff0609142217o4101f1dahb3b4f41302153347@mail.gmail.com> <1158320583.25573.9.camel@freebsd> <d85a51ff0609150501n5b87a1bcpcdb5d3b65513b25b@mail.gmail.com> <20060915083142.15602164.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> <1158331599.25573.23.camel@freebsd>
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> > In response to Arindam <arindam.mukerjee@gmail.com>: > > > > [snip] > > > > > > >From the FreeBSD box, can you ping the loopback address: 127.0.0.1, if > > > > so, can you ping your ip address: 10.0.0.101. If so, can you ping your > > > > gateway? Did you set a gateway in /etc/rc.conf? > > > > > > loopback: Yes I can ping it. > > > > > > 10.0.0.101: Yes again I can ping it. But I set this as the gateway. I > > > just got two home PCs connected to each other over a 5-port switch > > > with. 10.0.0.100 and 10.0.0.101 (this one). I set this as the gateway > > > because a while later when I hook this to the web, this will be the > > > box. And I might add a couple of more boxes to this network at best. > > > > Don't do that. It may be the cause of your problem -- in any case, > > it's incorrect. Leave the system without a gateway if you don't have > > one. > > > > > I did not set a gateway in /etc/rc.conf. I configured the whole thing > > > using sysinstall and a couple of times after that using ifconfig (ip > > > addr and netmask). > > > > If you did it via sysinstall, then it was written to rc.conf. > > > > > > defaultrouter="your gateway ip address" # Set to default > > > > gateway (or NO). > > > > > > But I guess whatever the method, such an entry would have been written > > > to rc.conf. > > > > Yes. > > > > The output of ifconfig shows the duplex setting, you're set to 100 full > right now. Can you set the switch port to 100 full, if it's not > already. We have issues with our cisco switches being set to auto, they > have to be forced to 100 full or we get 0 connectivity between broadcom > cards and cisco 4500's. > > Trying a different card is a good idea if you have one. Helps rule some > things out at least. It did work out that way and I am too tired to find out why. So, it works now. Just that AMD PcNet 97c79x did not work. Andy
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