From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 25 20: 4:43 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.alpha.net.au (mail2.alpha.net.au [203.41.44.8]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80F2E37B6BD for ; Tue, 25 Apr 2000 20:04:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dannyh@idx.com.au) Received: from freebsd.freebsd.org (surry-pool-207.alpha.net.au [203.41.44.207] (may be forged)) by mail.alpha.net.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id NAA31579; Wed, 26 Apr 2000 13:03:59 +1000 From: Danny To: "M. Adam Davis" , "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: Can't ping my newly installed 4.0 box Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 13:08:56 +1000 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.0.21] Content-Type: text/plain References: <3905F585.3DDAAAC6@ubasics.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <00042713101602.00383@freebsd.freebsd.org> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG You can use /stand/sysinstall to reconfigure your Ethernet card. Is so much easier than ifconfig In resposne to your question:- Is your subnet mask correct? Have you tried switching the Base T cable with another one? Hope it helps/ On Wed, 26 Apr 2000, M. Adam Davis wrote: > I came back from comdex and the Linux world in Chicago, all ready to set up > FreeBSD 4.0 and everything goes *very* smoothly! Much better than when I > installed 3.x so long ago. > > The only issue I have is that something in the network configuration must not > have been set up correctly. I've been through both the FreeBSD handbook and The > Complete FreeBSD and neither are giving me any clues. > > Upon bootup, ed0 is recognized (IRQ 10, Port 0x280) and there are not error > messages. > > I can ping from the box to itself (ping -c 3 10.1.1.1) but cannot ping any other > machine on my network from the box, nor can I ping the box from another machine. > > I don't know what I'm doing, but poking around makes me feel like ifconfig needs > to be looked at: > > 'ifconfig ed0' shows something about inet6 being attached to ed0, but no inet. > after 'ifconfig ed0 inet 10.1.1.1' I still cannot ping anywhere. > > The last time I had this problem it was because the kernel was not configured > properly by the install, I changed the GENERIC and recompiled and it worked very > well. This time it looks like the kernel is fine, but I'm missing something > else. > > The card I'm using is a Linksys 10baseT (NE2000 compatible) ISA nic which I have > configured for irq 10 port 0x280. The hub shows it is connected, and the card > shows activity when there is network traffic... > > I really appreciate all the work everyone has put into FreeBSD! It is > spectacular. This is my second try at it (the first time I couldn't get X > going, and didn't have the time to pursue it, so I used the system for something > else) > > -Adam > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message