From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Mar 27 21:34:13 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA03551 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 27 Mar 1998 21:34:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from palace.awc.net (palace.awc.net [209.117.192.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA03491 for ; Fri, 27 Mar 1998 21:34:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sulima@sulima.com) Received: from sulima.com (saffa13.erols.com [209.122.61.45]) by palace.awc.net (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id AAA13646 for ; Sat, 28 Mar 1998 00:29:28 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <351CB76A.24FD240A@sulima.com> Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 00:40:10 -0800 From: "Saffa J. Kemokai" Organization: MicroSystems Specialists X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Host is down ... Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Let's assume for a minute that.... - the NIC is set correctly or as recorded in Freebsd manual - the gateway, DNS, Netmask are properly set - that IPs and Netmask are valid - /etc/rc.conf has been consulted, hosts configured etc.. - there are really no disturbing startup msgs except for LP1 probe failure bcause it is sharing IRQ with LP0 - not a big deal I hope.. - BSd box is getting to the router via a NIC thru a hub - there are at least 2 win95 that can make the journey to the router and surf - and a fresh installed is done over to a get a fresh kernel built But when you ping from from this BSD box, you get "host is down" msg and from all indications, you are reasonably certain that the BSD is not making the trip to/thru the router ... WHERE DO YOU GO FROM HERE ..??? I appreciate any suggestion ... Saffa J. Kemokai @ Browns Mills, NJ =========================================== Have you visited "http://www.sulima.com" yet? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message