Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2001 07:24:29 -0500 From: David Powers <dnpowers@swbell.net> To: 'default013 - subscriptions' <default013subscriptions@hotmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Strange Networking Problem Message-ID: <000a01c112a9$422cf4a0$0401a8c0@swbell.net> In-Reply-To: <OE54vh18cbKTrRVXR08000015e4@hotmail.com>
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-----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of default013 - subscriptions Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2001 10:40 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Strange Networking Problem Hello, I am on an AT&T cable line at the moment and I have a few computers on the network all connected through a hub. My FreeBSD machine has 2 of the I.P.s on it... The problem is that frequently I get 50% packet loss (according to ping) between my FreeBSD server and my Windows workstation. I verify the situation by an extremely slow connection using any protocol... I believe it is because both machines are going through different gateways. My future fix to this problem is upgrading my ISP and getting a service that will put all of my machines on the same gateway, and eventually setting up some sort of router or NAT system to route packets... but currently, I'm stuck in this bad situation... I am sure that it has to do with the gateway because if I telnet to another off-network system, I can get back to the server just fine. I am wondering, if anyone understands how this problem works, and if so, are there any FreeBSD networking tricks that I can use to minimize or eliminate it? P.S. I am confused as to why one can't bind a 192.168 addy to the regular nic and access it that way... I tried it and was only able to access it from the server itself... I have been told that if I had two NICs and setup NAT to filter between the WAN and the LAN, I could do it... but why can't one just setup a 192.168 on the regular NIC? Thanks, Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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