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To: Redmond Militante <r-militante@northwestern.edu>
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Subject: Re: another go at ipfw/natd
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Redmond Militante wrote:
> xl1: flags=3D8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>         options=3D3<rxcsum,txcsum>
>         inet 10.0.0.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.0.0.255
>         inet6 fe80::206:5bff:fe80:985b%xl1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2=20
>         ether 00:06:5b:80:98:5b
>         media: Ethernet autoselect (none)
>         status: no carrier
	  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This is your problem.


>     Do your net card and hub both have link lights?
> 
>>i
> 
> 
> i am hooking the client directly into the internal nic on the gateway, so n=
> o hub.  i've verified that both nics on the gateway work - did this by conf=
> iguring xl1 as the primary nic, and it worked.

You can't do this.
You _must_ use a crossover cable to connect 2 NICs directly together.
You need to use a hub or switch to use straight-through ethernet cables.


.daniel.schrock


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