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Date:      Tue, 22 Apr 1997 17:06:21 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        John Kenagy <jktheowl@bga.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: simple network setup help
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.970422170525.24344q-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970417115003.257D-100000@roost.com>

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On Thu, 17 Apr 1997, John Kenagy wrote:

> I am trying to get a simple two system network set up. WindowsNT on one
> machine and 2.1.5 (2.2.1 CD ordered) on the other. The cards are NE2000
> and successfully installed (both machines recognize them - ed0 on the
> freeBSD side). I know they can see each other because the errors I'm
> getting. If I can get the freeBSD side to work then I can sort out the
> other. 

You're using a crossover ethernet cable, if you're not using a hub in
between the machines?

> What is happening is this: an attempt to ftp theother machine loops back to
> the local one. The other error is that both machines report the same IP
> number for their respective cards, and I really can't see how I did that.

The machines must have unique IPs.  

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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