Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2005 18:51:42 -0600 (CST) From: David Fleck <david.fleck@mchsi.com> To: Steve Bertrand <iaccounts@ibctech.ca> Cc: 'FreeBSD Questions' <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: getting an old NIC to work Message-ID: <20051104184057.M10197@grond.sourballs.org> In-Reply-To: <200511041445.jA4Ej9lS015336@grond.sourballs.org> References: <200511041445.jA4Ej9lS015336@grond.sourballs.org>
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On Fri, 4 Nov 2005, Steve Bertrand wrote: >> the relevant dmesg output is: >> pcn0: <AMD PCNet/PCI 10/100BaseTX> port 0xbcc0-0xbcdf mem >> 0xfedfcc00-0xfedfcc1f irq 11 at device 19.0 on pci0 >> pcn0: Ethernet address: 00:66:b0:4a:bc:1c >> miibus0: <MII bus> on pcn0 >> lxtphy0: <LXT970 10/100 media interface> on miibus0 >> lxtphy0:100baseFX, 100baseFX-FDX, 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, >> 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto >> >> ifconfig: >> pcn0: flags=8843<UP,BRODADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 >> inet 192.168.1.10 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255 >> inet6 fe80::260:b0ff:fea4:bc1c%pcn0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 >> ether 00:66:b0:4a:bc:1c >> media: Ethernet autoselect (10baseT/UTP) >> status: active >> >> the machine can ping itself at 192.168.1.10. It can't ping >> the defaultrouter (192.168.1.1) set in rc.conf, or anything >> else on the local network. > > Everything looks fine up to this point, so the problem you describe (not > being able to ping anything aside from itself). So, first reply back > with the defaultrouter line in rc.conf so we can ensure it's accurate. defaultrouter="192.168.1.1" > > Second (relevant to the question below, paste us the output from: > > # netstat -rn Internet: Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Netif Expire default 192.168.1.1 UGSc 0 0 pcn0 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 UH 1 6 lo0 192.168.1 link#1 UC 2 0 pcn0 192.168.1.1 link#1 UHLW 1 3 pcn0 192.168.1.10 00:66:b0:4a:bc:1c UHLW 3 8 lo0 (typed by hand, but doublechecked for errors.) > One more thing...is this a clean install? Have you built yourself a new > kernel adding any extra options? (ie IPFW)..and are you absolutely sure > that the upstream gateway is indeed 192.168.1.1 (ie: can you ping it > from a different workstation? Nope, generic kernel, not rebuilt at all. Yes, 192.168.1.1 does work from other machines on the local network. For example, here's the netstat from the machine I'm writing on this minute: working_machine>$ netstat -rn Routing tables Internet: Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Netif Expire default 192.168.1.1 UGSc 2 0 ed0 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 UH 1 22924 lo0 192.168.1 link#1 UC 4 0 ed0 192.168.1.1 00:09:5b:50:37:76 UHLW 3 9263 ed0 1199 192.168.1.2 00:40:05:55:aa:68 UHLW 5 102 lo0 192.168.1.3 00:0c:41:0c:95:d0 UHLW 0 12790 ed0 1134 192.168.1.4 00:c0:26:c0:ec:89 UHLW 1 21435 ed0 847 this one's working fine. -- David Fleck david.fleck@mchsi.com
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