Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:14:12 +0000 From: Faizan ul haq Muhammad <faizi62@hotmail.com> To: <steve@ibctech.ca> Cc: lists@jnielsen.net, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: ping stucks/hangs on PCI 3com NIC sk0 interface but works on builtin NIC Message-ID: <BLU149-W814A3309D674ADFC7242E5B6AD0@phx.gbl> In-Reply-To: <49A6E853.1030605@ibctech.ca> References: <BLU149-W4690F7B871E6EB8BF6159B6AC0@phx.gbl> <200902251306.14765.lists@jnielsen.net> <BLU149-W748054287E4E4FA47DA500B6AC0@phx.gbl> <200902251515.47094.lists@jnielsen.net> <BLU149-W7768E70C67D57329B7E82EB6AD0@phx.gbl> <49A69E9C.2090807@ibctech.ca> <BLU149-W751827F7E010EAE528293DB6AD0@phx.gbl> <49A6E853.1030605@ibctech.ca>
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=20 > Date: Thu=2C 26 Feb 2009 14:06:59 -0500 > From: steve@ibctech.ca > To: faizi62@hotmail.com > CC: lists@jnielsen.net=3B freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: ping stucks/hangs on PCI 3com NIC sk0 interface but works on= builtin NIC >=20 > Faizan ul haq Muhammad wrote: >=20 > >> Which way do you go? > > In this case I can take any of them=20 >=20 > Perhaps you will freeze in your tracks indefinitely due to confusion. Or > perhaps you will go around the entire block a few times before making a > decision =3B) lol=2C i got confused when i first time saw ur previous reply ... that whic= h way should i take.=20 =20 > > Anyways=2C- Today i got some time to play around and i tried to configu= re > > the machine as bridge. > > I added device if_bridge to kernel > > then i added the code to the rc.conf > >=20 > > cloned_interfaces=3D"bridge0" > > ifconfig_bridge0=3D"addm sk0 addm sk1 up" > > ifconfig_sk0=3D"up" > > ifconfig_sk1=3D"up" > > now=2C i dun have any network address assigned to any of the interface = and > > connect the two lan cards to two other machines and try to ping those > > machines from each other. but no success. >=20 > Did the bridge interface actually come up? I could see the bridge interface in the printout of Ifconfig and i assigned= the IP address to the bridge interface and can ping to that IP as well (lo= cally) > > ... do you think=2C this is as expected..? (i think bridge does not nee= d > > to have any IP address..) >=20 > It depends. Are you doing any sort of firewalling? What is the IP > addressing info on the two end hosts? well=2C in this configuration i havent enabled any firewalling.=20 the Ips are: 192.168.0.4 and 192.168.0.5 for the other two hosts and to the= bridge i assigned IP 192.168.0.1 =20 > Steve _________________________________________________________________ Access your email online and on the go with Windows Live Hotmail. http://windowslive.com/online/hotmail?ocid=3DTXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_AE_Access_0220= 09=
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