From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 3 02:31:39 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id CAA23402 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 3 Dec 1996 02:31:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from nanguo.chalmers.com.au (nanguo.chalmers.com.au [203.1.96.5]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id CAA23389 for ; Tue, 3 Dec 1996 02:31:34 -0800 (PST) Received: by nanguo.chalmers.com.au (Smail3.1.28.1 #8) id m0vUsCI-0000aQC; Tue, 3 Dec 96 20:35 EST Message-Id: From: robert@chalmers.com.au (Robert Chalmers) Subject: routing problem I think? help please To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org (bsd) Date: Tue, 3 Dec 1996 20:35:30 +1000 (EST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL22] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi, I have a bit of a fundamental problem I think in understanding whats happening here. I have a router (Ascend 50) connedted by ISDN to the local ISP. Over this is piped the college traffic. The network works fine, and is rock solid. It operates on its own C class network. Now, I ran up FreeBSD on a small PC, just to fiddle about, and installed it as a different C class. One of our valid networks, so there is no problem there. It is connected to the network that carries the traffic for the rest of the net out through the router. ............existing network, works fine.... ........internet...[router]../\ \.........the temporary box, different C class. So, when I start up the baby freebsd, it returns the error message at the network startup, IP Address already in use by 00:xx.xx.xx.xx (ether card number). The number returned is that of the router !!!! It's telling me that the router is using the baby-pc's ip address, when of course it isn't. It's using its own, and an entirely different C class at that. Naturally it then doesn't want to do much. hmmm. I know there are all sorts of reasons why I can't actually do this, but why is the Ascend-50 telling me it is using the pc's IP? Does anyone have any ideas I can use. thanks Bob -- The China House. Advertise, or there's a good chance the sheriff will do it for you. P.T Barnum. robert@chalmers.com.au for Whirled Peas http://www.chalmers.com.au Location: Whitsunday Web Works. 21'7" S, 149'14" E.