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Date:      25 Aug 2002 16:13:49 -0500
From:      James McNaughton <jtm63@enteract.com>
To:        <kr0nograffik@sasktel.net>
Cc:        <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: broken arp
Message-ID:  <86elcm8wvm.fsf@jamestown.21stcentury.net>
In-Reply-To: <004001c24ba5$7bc106d0$a5e8a3ce@effortnix>
References:  <004001c24ba5$7bc106d0$a5e8a3ce@effortnix>

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<kr0nograffik@sasktel.net> writes:

> Hello all,
> 
> Okay here is what happened. I have two external boxes. one freebsd and one
> windows xp. Okay, I use my ISP's gateway. I changed the address on my
> windows xp box to the xxx.xxx.xxx.254(isp gateway) address and got a message
> on my freebsd box saying 'ethernet address of xxx.xxx.xxx.254 changed from
> :xx:xx:xx:xx(mac address of the gateway) changed to xx:xx:xx:xx(mac address
> of the windows xp box). Okay, don't ask me why i did this :-/, but now the
> freebsd box can't ping the gateway or send/recieve any traffic. ANY help
> would be appreciated :o)
> 
> kr0nograffik@sasktel.net

Did you change the windows IP back to something else?

It's a little hard to determine what is going on without more
info. What's your physical network setup, e.g. LAN connetced to cable
modem, T1, etc. Do you get a static IP for each box or does the ISP
gateway do NAT?

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