Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 21:25:18 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Bob Webb <bob.webb@snyder.com> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Network Interface Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970917212511.5533Q-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <c=US%a=_%p=SNYDER%l=BETHHQMAIL-970917164559Z-2799@BETHHQMAIL>
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On Wed, 17 Sep 1997, Bob Webb wrote: > Hello. Well I tried to install Free BSD on a Compaq P75 with an > integrated Ethernet NIC (PCI bus). In the initialization window, the > NIC is found and labeled lnc1 on int 11. So far so good. I then work my > way through the prompts, and get to the place to install using FTP. At > this point I type in the IP address, gateway, etc into the network > config, and the debug window says that the initialization failed > (FYI...the spelling of initialization is wrong in the debug window! It > spelled initialisation). Using VTY4, I type ifconfig -a and the command > reports that the interface is UP. But I am unable to ping it from a > different PC, so I have to conclude that the interface is not up. What does vty2 report as the error? Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo
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