Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 15:07:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Murad <murad@magi.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Networking Problems Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980505150247.25757D-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <E0yWjGB-0002Qx-00@mail1.toronto.istar.net>
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On Tue, 5 May 1998, Murad wrote: > >> pccard_ether="ed0 ep0 fe0 sn0" # Pccard ethernet interfaces (or NO). > >> ifconfig_common="inet 172.18.0.202 netmask 255.255.0.0" > > > >This is correct? You're rebooting when you flip rc.conf? > > Yes, I'm rebooting (also tried powering down). > My guess would be the problem is somewhere here: I don't think there is a > real gateway for this network. I think I should be able to access the > others directly from mine. How should this affect my setup? > > Depending on what I try, I also sometimes get /kernal: arpresolve: can't > allocate llinfo for 172.18.0.2. What does this mean? I tried playing with > -iface and -llinfo options in route but didn't seem to help/I didn't use > them the right way. Yeah, the llinfo thing is bad routing or a wrong netmask. 255.255.0.0 is a really odd netmask -- are you _sure_ it's correct? It's not 255.255.255.0? > The route man pages say: > If the destination is directly reachable via an interface requiring no > intermediary system to act as a gateway, the "-interface" modifier should > be specified; the gateway given is the address of this host on the common > network, indicating the interface to be used for transmission. > > Is this the correct syntax: route add -net 172.18.0.0 -interface > 172.18.0.202 ? I think that's right. YOu aren't setting a default route tho. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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