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Date:      Sun, 16 Aug 1998 22:30:20 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Tsung-li Wu <twu2@eos.ncsu.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ping failed
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.00.9808162230020.21985-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <35D5117A.22FC927E@eos.ncsu.edu>

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On Sat, 15 Aug 1998, Tsung-li Wu wrote:

> I am trying to ping another host from one 2.2.6 machine.
> The interfaces of the machine are up , the routes to the remote host
> exist, and the remote host is alive.  However, the "ping "
> failed and the error message was "ping : sendto : Host is down"
> 
> What would be the problem? Thanks for help in advance.

The remote did not respond to an ARP query.  

Check your cabing.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major


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