Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 21:37:20 +1000 From: "Shaun Amy, CSIRO TIP/ATNF" <amy@explorer.tip.CSIRO.AU> To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: amy@explorer.tip.CSIRO.AU Subject: 4.0-RELEASE, PCMCIA, DHCP and IP Message-ID: <200003301137.VAA82294@explorer.tip.CSIRO.AU>
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Hi, If the subject line hasn't put you off then no doubt after reading this you will think I am crazy in a fairly standard configuration almost works but for the networking... Basically I am trying to install 4.0-RELEASE (off a CD I burnt from the ISO image whilst I wait for the WC CD kit) on a Dell Latitude CPi laptop (which has run FreeBSD 2.2.x and FreeBSD 3.2 in the past). I boot off floppy, do the install of the CD and everything works just fine, including finding the PCMCIA ethernet card (3Com 3C589B which I know works with FreeBSD) and using DHCP to get the correct network parameters over the network. The only problem is (and this sounds silly) is that with the PCMCIA card configured with DHCP addresses it won't pass any IP traffic, even a ping to another machine on the same subnet fails (so it isn't a routing issue). I have done a few installs to try different things and even configuring the IP address manually late in the sysinstall phase still exhibits the same problem. The interface config looks just fine (even after installation using the shell on vty4) but it won't pass IP traffic from what I can tell. I know the card is OK, the cable is OK, the hub/switch is OK as I can boot Win2K and it gets its address from DHCP and works fine. I think I understand networking and do a fair bit of Unix administration so I don't think/hope it is something I have overlooked but... Sorry that there isn't much to go on, but I am out of ideas at the moment and am wondering if anyone has seen something similar? Many thanks, Shaun. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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