Subject: Re: IPupload/BBA
To: John M. Choi <port-dreamcast@netbsd.org>
From: Andrew Gillham <gillham@vaultron.com>
List: port-dreamcast
Date: 03/22/2001 18:10:41
I think the info you need is either on Marcus' page or in the archives
for this list.
Basically you just need to add a static arp entry on your host for the
dreamcast.
So: arp -s 1.2.3.4 1:2:3:4:5:6

-Andrew
----- Original Message -----
From: "John M. Choi" <johnchoi@its.caltech.edu>
To: <port-dreamcast@netbsd.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 6:01 PM
Subject: IPupload/BBA


> I am having trouble sending files across tcp to the dreamcast. I'm running
> NetBSD 1.5 i386 and the IP upload slave program v. 1.002 on the DC. The
> IPupload reports an ip address of 0.0.0.0 which I gather could also mean
> the BBA is not configured. I don't know too much about networking, but it
> appears that 0.0.0.0 might be equivalent to the default route, because
> when I use tcpdump, all the packets seem to go to the default gateway. I
> also tried using arp -s dreamcast xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx, but this returns with
> an error about not being able to resolve the name, and I see lots of
> packets going to the DNS asking for a who-is-this-address (again, using
> tcpdump). I've tried netcat, and the mount_portal people have suggested.
> Can someone show me what I'm doing wrong and how I can transfer the file?
>
> Thanks.
>
> John
>
>