From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 23 23:38: 5 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mailhost01.reflexnet.net (mailhost01.reflexnet.net [64.6.192.82]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B2B237B400 for ; Tue, 23 Jan 2001 23:37:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from rfx-216-196-73-168.users.reflexcom.com ([216.196.73.168]) by mailhost01.reflexnet.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.5.1877.197.19); Tue, 23 Jan 2001 23:36:00 -0800 Received: (from cjc@localhost) by rfx-216-196-73-168.users.reflexcom.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f0O7btQ46462; Tue, 23 Jan 2001 23:37:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cjc) Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 23:37:54 -0800 From: "Crist J. Clark" To: pgd@telehorizon.com Cc: Freebsd Subject: Re: Host is down Message-ID: <20010123233754.Z10761@rfx-216-196-73-168.users.reflex> Reply-To: cjclark@alum.mit.edu References: <980245623.3a6d5c77a997f@webmail.telehorizon.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <980245623.3a6d5c77a997f@webmail.telehorizon.com>; from pgd@telehorizon.com on Tue, Jan 23, 2001 at 12:27:03PM +0200 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Jan 23, 2001 at 12:27:03PM +0200, pgd@telehorizon.com wrote: [snip] > The output of ifconfig -a does not give anything strange (the two network cards > are OK) and the subnet mask and the ip-numbers are also OK - i check them with > an on-line utility (The ip address for the server(PC3) is 192.168.1.1 with > netmask 255.255.255.0). > The message that i get when i'm trying to ping a client is: > PING 192.168.1.2 (192.168.1.2): 56 data bytes > ping: sendto: Host is down > -- the same when i'm pinging from a client to a server. > Note the 1st NAT server works without any problem... > The configuration for the 2nd NAT server is the same as for the 1st.. > Any idea where might be the problem? 'sendto: Host is down' means there is a link layer problem or your IP config is wa-ay off. Are all of the link lights on your NICs on? Check cabling. Check hardware. As for IP config, make sure both NICs are on the same logical LAN. -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message