Subject: Re: network interfaces
To: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
From: Unix Wizard <mertis@ameritech.net>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 03/11/2001 14:14:12
Hmmm... That's very interesting.
ifacofig -a shows

ne2: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
        address: 00:c0:f0:33:7e:fd
        media: Ethernet 10baseT
        inet 192.168.0.5 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255


ne3: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
        address: 00:c0:f0:33:70:f8
        media: Ethernet 10baseT
        inet 192.168.0.5 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255

But netstat -rn SHOWS:

Routing tables:

Internet:
Destination            Gateway        Flags        Refs        Use
Mtu        Interface
127                        127.0.0.1     UGRS        0             0
33228        lo0
127.0.0.1               127.0.0.1        UH          1             36
33228        lo0
192.168                  link#1            UC           0              0
1500        ne2

Looks like ne3 is missing from routing table, what could be a reason? Does
anyone have any Idea, why ne3 is not working and why ne3 is not in routing
table?
Anyone? Please? Help?

> On Sun, Mar 11, 2001 at 01:27:26AM -0800, Unix Wizard wrote:
> > Hello Everyone,
> > I have run into a problem.
> > I am trying to configure Gateway machine running NetBSD 1.5 (just
migrated
> > from 1.4.3)
> > I have made clean install from FTP using ne3 network interface.
> > I have recompiled kernel. System detected both network interfaces ne2 &
ne3.
> > They look identical in dmesg (well, except for MAC address).
> > Then I cd to /etc directory and copy ifconfig.ne2 to ifconfig.ne3 and I
have
> > changed only ip address in ifconfig.ne3 if I am using ne2 interface I
can
> > ping any machine on a network, but if I want to use ne3 interface it
gives
> > me error message ping: sendto: Host is down. (but lights on ne3
interface
> > are blinking)
>
> This means the remote host didn't anserw to ARP request.
> What are the outputs of 'ifconfig -a' and 'netstat -rn' ?
>
> --
> Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
> --