From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 18 07:28:40 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66DBA16A47E for ; Mon, 18 Sep 2006 07:28:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from arindam.mukerjee@gmail.com) Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.181]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCD3643D45 for ; Mon, 18 Sep 2006 07:28:39 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from arindam.mukerjee@gmail.com) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id o67so4869717pye for ; Mon, 18 Sep 2006 00:28:38 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=XP/zEyJmiugUKY+uUN1fiZCKfeDPAQEkw5PSP4jiuK2+iHT+qVhbgcSJh9CBE9kQqyLcJvEdG0NEjApeGVV2iskJlDhkDNRPpXNW331Ad6zTXF9A3jLrWypqeLWfstCO/kVg3oRTIejhs1WrwexjrOYIes6mHraEOYIUCjW4tkA= Received: by 10.35.50.1 with SMTP id c1mr23198722pyk; Mon, 18 Sep 2006 00:28:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.35.13.20 with HTTP; Mon, 18 Sep 2006 00:28:38 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 12:58:38 +0530 From: Arindam To: bob.middaugh@comcast.net In-Reply-To: <1158331599.25573.23.camel@freebsd> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <3748E46A-16BD-4AD9-8EC3-84B10538F2BB@u.washington.edu> <49B0565D-2C10-43CF-AB15-9CD712EFC074@u.washington.edu> <1158320583.25573.9.camel@freebsd> <20060915083142.15602164.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> <1158331599.25573.23.camel@freebsd> Cc: Garrett Cooper , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Bill Moran Subject: Re: Network connectivity between FreeBSD and Linux X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 07:28:40 -0000 > > In response to Arindam : > > > > [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