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Date:      Fri, 27 Mar 1998 23:52:59 -0800
From:      David Greenman <dg@root.com>
To:        "Saffa J. Kemokai" <sulima@sulima.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Host is down ... 
Message-ID:  <199803280752.XAA15426@implode.root.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 28 Mar 1998 00:40:10 PST." <351CB76A.24FD240A@sulima.com> 

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>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 ...

   The 'host is down' message usually comes out when there has been no reply
to the arp request messages. This sounds like a problem with the ethernet
card or cable. What type of ethernet card is in the machine?

-DG

David Greenman
Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project

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