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Date:      Fri, 6 Oct 1995 17:59:38 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Chuck Robey <chuckr@eng.umd.edu>
To:        Ed Tootill <tootill@telebase.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Ed Tootill <tootill@telebase.com>
Subject:   Re: rarpd & BPF
Message-ID:  <Pine.SUN.3.91.951006175719.12312B-100000@cappuccino.eng.umd.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199510061857.OAA27000@telebase.com.>

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On Fri, 6 Oct 1995, Ed Tootill wrote:

> 
> I need to get rarpd running on two bsd pc's.  The man page 
> for rarpd says I need BPF, Berkeley Packet Filter, configured
> into the kernel.  I didn't find any references to BPF in the 
> kernel file.
> 
> Anybody know how to obtain BPF.  Is it S/W I need to download
> or buy, is it just an addition to the kernel?
> 
> Any assistance will be appreciated.
> 
> A litle more info in case this sounds familiar.
> 
> Since we changed IP addresses on the other side of the sun router I cannot
> do lookups, 'r' command, cannot get to the name server from the BSD side
> of the network.  I left one BSD machine unchanged from when it last worked
> correctly and the other has been reloaded.  I painstakingly troubleshot
> this problem.  I've tried defaultrouters, static routes. . . .
> 
> I can ping the bsd machines from the other side of the router.  I can do all
> 'r' commands if I use IP numbers instead of names.
> 

Take a look at /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/LINT.  Search for 'bpf' (lower case)
and you'll see what you need to add to your kernel config file before 
rebuilding your kernel.

> Ed Tootill, Telebase Systems
> 

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