Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 23:11:45 -0800 From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjclark@reflexnet.net> To: Alwyn Goodloe <agoodloe@gradient.cis.upenn.edu> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: network testbed setup question Message-ID: <20001216231145.D96105@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.4.21.0012162143460.20569-100000@gradient.cis.upenn.edu>; from agoodloe@gradient.cis.upenn.edu on Sat, Dec 16, 2000 at 09:45:23PM -0500 References: <Pine.SOL.4.21.0012162143460.20569-100000@gradient.cis.upenn.edu>
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On Sat, Dec 16, 2000 at 09:45:23PM -0500, Alwyn Goodloe wrote: > Hey Guys & Gals, > > I have am trying to set up a simple testbed with three computers. I am > using the standard 192.168 address for a private network. For my experiment > I need two networks which in my case is 192.168.1 and 192.158.5. > The other two machines are the single machines on the respective networks. > This may sound strange but it has to be that way for my test. > One machine acts as a router between the two networks. I have two nic > cards in the router and just string normal 10base T cable between it > and the clients (i couldn't see the need for something more complicated > but please feel free to correct me). Someone else mentioned crossover cables. Make sure you have link on all interfaces. > On the router I run routed. You don't need routed(8). Turn it off. > The two interfaces ep0 and ep1 seem to be > configured OK when I run ifconfig -a I get > > > flags - 8a43 <UP,Broadcast,Running, AllMulti,Simplix, Multicast, mtu 1500 > inet 192.168.1.5 netmask ...... broadcast 192.168.1.255 ..... > > similarly for the other one, > > When I first sit things up and tried to ping a client from the router I > got Host is Down. So I added the route in the routing table since I > figured that it didn't know what interface to go out on. (Though the non > router boxes have the same error.) You should not have to modify the routing table. Using ifconfig(8) should have set up the only routes you need for this. What does, $ netstat -rn Say? > After adding the route the error message > was: > > Time to Live exceeded. You've got a routing loop. > Also routed is periodically giving me: > > routed[142]: send to(ep0,244.0.0.1) No Route to Host > > routed[142]: send to(ep1,244.0.0.1) No Route to Host You don't need routed(8). Turn it off. -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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