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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!garlic.com!news.scruz.net!noos.hooked.net!news1.best.com!nntp04.primenet.com!news.shkoo.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.texas.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in3.uu.net!EU.net!usenet2.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!usenet1.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!netix!netix!not-for-mail From: crn@netix.org.uk (C. Newport) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: Network installation Date: 7 Aug 1996 21:43:57 -0000 Organization: I need to put my ORGANIZATION here. Lines: 36 Message-ID: <4ub2mt$6jm@netix.telecall.co.uk> References: <3205A7C6.398C@cs.ubc.ca> <4u6ba0$2sv@netix.telecall.co.uk> <320836DC.73A2@cs.ubc.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: netix.telecall.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: netix.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Jining Tian (jtian@cs.ubc.ca) wrote: : Thanks Chris. But my problem is still there. I tried two oterh ethernet : boards after I sent the previous message. These include a SMC Ultra and : a 3C509. Both of them can be correctly recognized at boot time. But : after I configure the interface, I still can't ping anybody. I think I : should be able to ping hosts on the local ether net after I finish the : "ifconfig" command, right? The error message is: "sendto: Host is down". : The packets are not even sent out since a neighbour running tcpdump : can't see them. Did I do something drastically wrong? You say that you have done the ifconfig, but have you also done the 'route add' command. You need both. There are many possible causes of this problem, but assuming that everything is set up correctly I would suspect that the board is being clobbered by a probe for another type of board. This is a regular problem with generic kernels which have support built in for too many boards. The standard solution is to rebuild the kernel with support for only the board that you have. : Actually what I need is just a netbsd source tree. Can I somehow obtain : it without installation? It is all on the BS-CDRom, or maybe you could download it via floppy disks and a sneakernet. Is there an expert in the house, my experience is mainly with Linux and SCO, although the basics should be the same. : C. Newport wrote: : > IRQ9 is an alias for IRQ2, what is on IRQ2 ? : > Looks like you have an IRQ conflict. -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Chris Newport, The Netix Consultancy, Clevedon, North Somerset, UK. crn@netix.org.uk | crn@netix.demon.co.uk http://www.netix.org.uk/ In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded. ( big bang theory ).