Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 18:27:33 +0200 (CEST) From: Janko van Roosmalen <janko@compuserve.com> To: Dave Hummel <johanndirty@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: help! /23 net (mask 255.255.254.0) beating me up! Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10010131735380.529-100000@parmenides.utp.net> In-Reply-To: <20001013023047.84593.qmail@web9803.mail.yahoo.com>
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Posting your "/etc/rc.conf", "/etc/resolv.conf", "/etc/host.conf", the output of "ifconfig-a" and "netstat -rn" would help. ===Janko van Roosmalen - Vught - Netherlands=== On Thu, 12 Oct 2000, Dave Hummel wrote: > > Hi, > > First of all, kudos to the FreeBSD team for a job well > done. I've been BSD'ing for 4 years now, mostly in a > commercial/production setting and I have no > complaints. > > Please, somebody flame me and say - "hey stupid, all > you have to do is... ...what are you thinking?". > > s/\.\.\./really_good_advice/g > > I know this has got to be something silly, but I can't > find anything in the docs or archives. I'm setting up > a box (I actually tried two, a 4.1-stable and a > 4.1.1-Release) on a network using a netmask of > 255.255.254.0. I know I have the gateway and netmask > set up correctly - at least what would be correct for > a Solaris box. Solaris and Win2000 worked without a > hitch with no special configuration. I have tried two > different boxes and two network cards (intel ether > express and generic 3com) with the same results: I > cannot ping out or in to the box or otherwise get any > indication that the card is being recognized on the > network at all (although the boxes work fine on any > other network I've had them on). The router is getting > traffic to the port, and I have tried several network > cables, switches and hubs. > > Networking is definitely not my specialty - I had to > do some homework to even figure out how this netmask > gives the network 511 addresses. Is there something > special about this type of setup that is making my > life miserable? > > Any help would be _greatly_ appreciated. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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