On Thu, Sep 16, 1999 at 09:54:13AM -0700, Jonathan Cline wrote:
> Hi, everyone.  I've been trying to install netBSD for a few weeks
> now with only moderate success.  Here are the two problems I'm
> currently facing (though thanks to Manuel Bouyer for getting me
> this far!):
> 
> 1.  I'm installing from behind a Novell BorderManager firewall.
> I can not get ping to work in the network setup, so I'm stuck.
> The network admin does not have much experience in this area..
> I have a static IP addr (10.1.1.40), the nameserver/gateway
> IP addr (10.1.1.2), and the subnetmask (0xff ff ff 00).  Entering
> these parameters during install results in 100% packet loss.

As netmask you need to tell: 0xffffff00 (or 255.255.255.0 - but without
spaces in both cases). Just in case ...

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