From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 14 11:21:21 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99F8916A417 for ; Thu, 14 Sep 2006 11:21:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout4.cac.washington.edu (mxout4.cac.washington.edu [140.142.33.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9EB743D69 for ; Thu, 14 Sep 2006 11:21:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.32.139]) by mxout4.cac.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW06.03) with ESMTP id k8EBL863005118 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Thu, 14 Sep 2006 04:21:08 -0700 X-Auth-Received: from [192.168.11.5] (206.83.147.124.dy.bbexcite.jp [124.147.83.206]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW06.03) with ESMTP id k8EBL6XP001520 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT) for ; Thu, 14 Sep 2006 04:21:08 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) In-Reply-To: References: <3748E46A-16BD-4AD9-8EC3-84B10538F2BB@u.washington.edu> X-Gpgmail-State: !signed Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <49B0565D-2C10-43CF-AB15-9CD712EFC074@u.washington.edu> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Garrett Cooper Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 20:21:05 +0900 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-PMX-Version: 5.2.0.266434, Antispam-Engine: 2.4.0.264935, Antispam-Data: 2006.9.14.35943 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __HAS_X_MAILER 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0' Subject: Re: Network connectivity between FreeBSD and Linux X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 11:21:21 -0000 On Sep 14, 2006, at 8:15 PM, Arindam wrote: >> >> > I have FreeBSD 6.1 installed on one machine and Fedora Core 2 on >> > another. I dual boot the FreeBSD 6.1 machine with a RedHat EL 4.3 >> > installation. I have assigned the same static IP address and >> hostname >> > to this machine for both the FreeBSD and RHEL installations. >> > >> > While my RHEL installation is running, I am able to communicate >> with >> > the FC2 installation over the network. When FreeBSD is running, all >> > pings from either side fail. I have no clue if I need to look at >> some >> > special configuration, or is it a problem with the basics. >> > >> > Wond'ring what to do. >> > >> > Cheers, >> > Andy >> > -- >> >> /sbin/ifconfig output? Also, do you happen to have a firewall in your >> FreeBSD OS setup :)? > > 1. It will take me a while to get the ifconfig output. Will post it in > a few hours may be. > 2. I am FreeBSD newbie. I am not sure how to check if a firewall is > running. I doubt if there is ... I don't remember installing one. Can > please you tell me how to look? > >> -Garrett > > Cheers, > Andy If you didn't compile it into the kernel, there should be a directive in /etc/rc.conf with the term "firewall" or "pf" for example if you have one running. -Garrett