From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 22 17:06:29 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id RAA18436 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 22 Apr 1997 17:06:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA18427 for ; Tue, 22 Apr 1997 17:06:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id RAA25068; Tue, 22 Apr 1997 17:06:21 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 22 Apr 1997 17:06:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: John Kenagy cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: simple network setup help In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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