Date: Tue, 22 Apr 1997 22:06:38 -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.3.96.970422220416.1074L-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970422232407.220A-100000@roost.com>
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On Tue, 22 Apr 1997, John Kenagy wrote:
> Yes it is a cable connection. Since posting the first message, I got the
> FreeBSD system to work rather easily. It pings the other card and
> reports the cards address correctly. But, I cannot ping from the NT side.
Cable as in coax, you mean?
It sounds like the drop cord isn't working properly. Are you sure it was
crimped properly?
> The NT machine has an ftp server running but I cannot ftp into it.
> ("permission denied") I think I must have messed up the NT install. It
> acts as though it doesn't know there is another machine out there.
> I think I'll scrap the idea and run FreeBSD and keep all the win/dos
> stuff on a partition.
I like that. :) {suppress NT-bash reaction}
> Do you have any coments about a Toshiba 4x CDROM on an atapi IDE interface?
> Or a Soundblaster 16? I'm guessing these have a good chance of working
> with 2.2.1R I've ordered.
Pretty good. With some fiddling it should work. If it doesn't find it
outright, try moving it to the slave position on the primary controller.
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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