Subject: Re: "connect: Can't assign requested address" using netbsd1.5 when going off-subnet
To: Dave Christiansen <cheddardeity@hotmail.com>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 01/12/2001 11:14:06
On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 05:38:02PM -0800, Dave Christiansen wrote:
> 
> Finally desiring benefits that 1.2 could not offer, I installed 1.5.  
> Installation went off without a hitch, except that I could not get the 
> network to work.
> 
> To be more specific, this machine is an AMDK6-2/450, 64Mb on an ASUS P5A.  
> My NetGear FA312 detects just fine (sip0), and DHCLIENT successfully 
> connects to my ISP's DHCP server.
> 
> The problem: I can't ftp or sup out to get the packages I want to install.  
> I get "connect: can't assign requested address".

What host are you trying to use ?
Can you give the output of 'ifconfig -a' and 'netstat -rn' ?

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Manuel Bouyer, LIP6, Universite Paris VI.           Manuel.Bouyer@lip6.fr
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