Sorry to repeat myself.  I didn't think all that many paid attention.  In=
 any
event all is silent as you suggest.  I was hoping that this would work.

Do you have comments about a parallel network?


Robert Elz <kre@munnari.OZ.AU> wrote:
>     Date:        22 Jun 00 11:54:42 CDT
>     From:        Petra Hofmann <petra_lynn@usa.net>
>     Message-ID:  <20000622165443.21859.qmail@nw171.netaddress.usa.net>
> =

>   | My system is a Vines network
> =

> You said that a couple of times now ... if Vines is all that you
> have available (no native IP) - though that seems unlikely, then I
> don't think NetBSD is going to work, there's no Vines support for
> NetBSD that I know of (and no reason to create any - now that PCs
> are able to do everything useful over IP, everyone is switching that
> way, and Vines is vanishing from the face of the planet).
> =

> One thing to try is
> =

> 	ifconfig ex0 up
> 	tcpdump -i ex0 -n ip
> =

> and see if you see traffic flying past.  If you do, then there is IP ou=
t
> there, and all you need is an address to get connected (which may come =
from
> DHCP, or via static config).   If all there is is silence, then things =
do
> not look good.
> =

> kre


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