Subject: can't ping other segments on same lan
To: None <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: Henry Nelson <henry@irm.nara.kindai.ac.jp>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 01/10/2001 14:55:42
What does one need to do to be able to reach (ping) machines on
segments other than the one you are on?  I recently discovered that
I can ping the outside world, but I can't ping hosts on other
segments.  Specifically, I can ping anything on the outside world,
and I can ping 164.71.124.xxx from my NetBSD machine 164.71.124.aaa,
but I can't ping 164.71.102.xxx or 164.71.104.xxx, which are just
upstairs from me.  

I tried setting ``routed=YES routed_flags="-q"'' in "/etc/rc.conf"
and rebooting, but that didn't change anything.  Do I need to set the
routes statically somehow with the "route" command?

TIA.  (It may be that this is what has caused me not to be able to use
the squid proxy server set up by our school which I asked about last week.)

henry nelson