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Date:      Fri, 31 Oct 1997 19:46:37 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FTP install
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.971031194413.19820H-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971031013953.22387B-100000@shell.futuresouth.com>

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On Fri, 31 Oct 1997, Matthew D. Fuller wrote:

> > What are you specifying for the interface options in the installer (ip,
> > netmask, gateway, etc.)?
> Well, I solved the problem.  Here's what:
> 1) noticed messages on my xconsole about arp lookups failing:10.20.30.2
> not on local network.  Oh really?
> 2) added network 10.20.30 to /etc/networks
> 2a) route add -net 10.20.3for vx0 instead of route add 10.20.30.2
> 
> I'm not really sure which of 2) or 2a) did it, but it works now.  Any
> ideas which did it?

Probably 2a; /etc/networks is like /etc/hosts, it's purely for lookup
only.  (do a netstat -rn and you'll see your net route converted to a
name.)

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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