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Date:      Tue, 19 Sep 2006 12:32:15 -0500
From:      Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Weird problem with DRAC 5
Message-ID:  <77FB6F5780B514F6DFF40E0B@utd59514.utdallas.edu>

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I'm setting up a new server (Dell 1950) that has a DRAC card.  My home=20
network (where I'm working on it in my spare time) is behind a wireless=20
router, and the internal network is 192.168.2.0/24.  The DRAC card's IP=20
address is 192.168.2.120 (gateway is 192.168.2.1.  Mask is 255.255.255.0.)=20
I can access the DRAC card from the server that it's on (through its IP -=20
192.168.2.120), and I can access it from my Windows workstation that is=20
plugged in to the router just like the DRAC card is (RJ45 cable.)  I'm=20
pretty sure the router's interface is switched (not a hub.)

I cannot access the DRAC card from my Mac OS X laptop, which is on the=20
wireless network and has an address of 192.168.2.102.  When I try to ping=20
the DRAC card from the Mac, I get "No route to host.  Host is down".  If I=20
ping it from the server or from the Windows box, it responds fine.

This makes no sense to me.  If anyone has a bright ideas what I'm missing,=20
I'm all ears.

One other thing.  Using the console redirection through the web interface=20
(which forces you to use IE and an ActiveX control!), I can see the console =

fine, but the keyboard and mouse (on the Windows box) don't do anything.  I =

can still login through the USB keyboard attached to the server, and I can=20
see the virtualy keyboard and mouse being detected (looking at the console=20
messages.)

Has anyone gotten console redirection working (to include keyboard and=20
mouse functionality)?

Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu)
Adjunct Information Security Officer
The University of Texas at Dallas
http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/

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