Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 11:52:11 -0800 From: "Derrick Ryalls" <ryallsd@datasphereweb.com> To: <darryl@osborne-ind.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: configuring xl device Message-ID: <A99A5AC30F74624388EE5F757BA58A20D7A20D@RED-MSG-50.redmond.corp.microsoft.com> In-Reply-To: <001c01c3f7ea$d49490e0$0701a8c0@darryl>
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> > Greetings, > I have a box with 5.1-release on it. I had it configured and > connected to my lan. The connection was to a switch. > ifconfig -a showed it as autosense. All was well with the > world. Relocated this box to another building (same lan). > It is connected to a 10/100 hub. Connected it and no joy. > Wouldn't talk over the network. Double checked everything. > Then I thought maybe autosense wasn't working so well. > Manually configured it ifconfig xl0 192.168.1.73 netmask > 255.255.255.0 media 100basetx mediaopt half-duplex. > > That didn't help. Double checked the hub and the port was > enabled. Replaced the drop cable. Nope. Not gonna go. Get > a no route to host. > > I would appreciate ideas here. > My guess is that you need a gateway setup. Try doing something like 'route add default xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx' where the xxx's represent your gateway ip. I am not entirely sure if I have the syntax of route add done correctly, so check with your local man page first. HTH
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