Date: Sun, 24 Aug 1997 20:47:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Alain Fabry <fabry@panam.edu> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Problem with Intel Etherexpress card or network setup... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970824204459.27361N-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <01BCADB0.AB7FA590@mars.coserve.org>
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On Wed, 20 Aug 1997, Alain Fabry wrote: > > I installed FreeBSD release 2.2.2 but for some reason I cannot get connected to the network. > This is my first FreeBSD installation so I would really appreciate some help. > > Situation. > I can ping the ip address of the FreeBSD machine but nothing outside. The EtherExpress support is pretty poor in FreeBSD, I'll warn you right now. > > Information. > During the bootup it recognizes the IntelEtherexpress card without a problem with the exact setting I gave the card. > I do the following > # ifconfig ex0 198.213.144.9 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 198.213.144.255 That looks correct based on the info you've given me. It also looks like you've set the defaultrouter item correctly. I'd suggest checking your cabling. > # netstat -rn > Routing tables > > Internet: > e> default 198.213.144.2 UGSc ex0 > 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 UH lo0 > 198.213.144 link#2 UC > 198.213.144.2 link#2 UHLW > 198.213.144.5 link#2 UHLW > 198.213.144.9 0:aa:0:c2:d2:11 UHLW lo0 > > I don't believe I need line 3-6, but they should not make a difference > to get to the internet (I believe) No, they are added automatically. You care about #1 the most. The only thing that's suspicious is the missing net route. ifconfig should add that tho. Are you sure your netmask is 255.255.255.0? 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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