Re: NIC problem

["Glenn Evanish" <glenn@example.com>]

> maybe it's not adding routes to the local network?  I've seen that once or
> twice before.. show us an output from "netstat -rn"...
>
Guys you're going to have to trust me on this, as I pulled the hard disk, CD
and one card out and proceded to do the setup on the computer I'm typing on
now, and everything went without a hitch.  The original box is unavailable
to give you the output, as I'd have to put it back together and save the
output to a text file on a floppy to add to this email.

ifconfig looked perfectly normal, and adding the route was the first thing I
did.  The cards were a 3Com 3c509b-tp and a PCI 9700-T, two cards that we
all know work great with Linux.  The cables were fine.

I guess I was hoping that there be some secret (to me) other X factors about
that might give me somewhere to explore.  Otherwise the box gets Windozed
and goes back to being my kids' gameboy.  Hmmm, would be interesting to see
if the cards work under W98...

Glenn
> -----------------------------------------------------
> Scott M. Stone <sstone@example.com>
> Senior Technical Consultant - UNIX and Networking
> Taos, the Sysadmin Company - Santa Clara, CA
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Glenn Evanish [mailto:glenn@example.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 7:44 AM
> To: tlug@example.com
> Subject: NIC problem
>
>
> I've got a box that I'm trying to set up as a ADSL firewall and router, so
> of course I need two net cards in it.  The net cards seem to set up just
> fine and look good in ifconfig - IP, netmask, and broadcast - and they
> answer pings from the console.  However, if I ping another box or my
router,
> the network is unreachable.  It's extremely frustrating.
>
> I don't know what to do next.  The cards are just fine in other boxes, but
> when they go into that box, they're "looking at themselves" only.  I've
had
> this happen in other situations, too, including on this one I'm typing on
> now.
>
> What would make a card that appears fine in ifconfig not be able to ping
> another box or answer a ping from another (local) box?  How to
troubleshoot?
>
> TIA,
>
> Glenn

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