Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 10:47:22 -0500 From: Alan Edmonds <aedmonds@digitalconvergence.com> To: Vinesh Christopher <vineshc@ami.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Wrong Broadcast Address - Ping by name fails Message-ID: <39917D0A.F5C9BBB8@digitalconvergence.com> References: <4A78850EF802D211BB3900805FFE55550BA87A@atl_es1.megatrends.com>
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Ditto here. The wrong bcast addr is preventing ntpd receiving broadcast ntp packets. It only happens with DHCP client machines. The static IP 4.1-RELEASE machine works fine. Vinesh Christopher wrote: > > I just installed 4.1- Release from the CD- ISO Image. The network was > configured for DHCP and my network card (fxp0) is assigned an IP > But when I looked into the broadcast address, I found that instead of > setting all 1's for the host part, it iwas all 0's .(i.e) it is 155.229.80.0 > instead of 155.229.83.255 (Subnet was 255.255.252.0) > > I have configured samba-2.0.7. When I ping my BSD machine BY IP > ADDRESS from other machines it works. But ping BY HOSTNAME fails. > So I manually changed the broadcast address to the correct one and it > worked. > > Any suggestions why this happens in 4.1-RELEASE?. > Other machines running 4.0-STABLE are working fine. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message -- Alan Edmonds Director of International Technology DigitalConvergence.:Com aedmonds@digitalconvergence.com Phone: +1-214-292-6040 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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