Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 23:30:44 +0100 From: gcn53@vfemail.net To: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with networking? Message-ID: <1051828244.3eb1a01425b5a@www.vfemail.net> In-Reply-To: <3EB19B48.6040407@potentialtech.com> References: <1051818955.3eb17bcb36c53@www.vfemail.net> <002a01c3101f$026267e0$ca0110ac@vinyl.tkvbp.com> <1051820707.3eb182a3273f6@www.vfemail.net> <3EB183E6.7090008@potentialtech.com> <1051821497.3eb185b9e625c@www.vfemail.net> <3EB19B48.6040407@potentialtech.com>
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Quoting Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>: > gcn53@vfemail.net wrote: > > Quoting Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>: > > > >>I can think of a very limited number of cases where the primary IP on > >>an ethernet card should have the netmask you have. Verify it. > >> > > > > Sorry, forgive my ignorance, but how do I "verify it"? > > I missed the earlier part of the thread, so ... > > If you were given the information by your hosting provider, verify that > it's correct compared to what you have in /etc/rc.conf > My hosting provider did not give me this information. > > Where did you get your IP addy? You should have been provided a netmask > in the same document/conversation/whatever. > The IP address was given to me by the host provider, after the virtual server had been set up. > > Also, based on some other replies to this thread, could you post your > /etc/rc.conf to the list. It may help sort out what's up. > # cat < /etc/rc.conf portmap_enable="NO" sshd_enable="YES" network_interfaces="" # -- sysinstall generated deltas -- # Fri Apr 4 14:55:26 2003 named_enable="NO" hostname="graygold" > > Another thing you can do is simply change it to 255.255.255.0 and see if > things start to work. It's possible that that number is wrong, but it > will break _less_ networking than using 255.255.255.255, so you'll be > able to tell if you're on the right track or not: > > ifconfig fxp0 netmask 255.255.255.0 # ifconfig fxp0 netmask 255.255.255.0 ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): permission denied Cheers Graeme
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