OK, so now I have done a re-wiring of the network so that the laptop and
microVAX are not separated by a switch. The switch is only feeding the
systems in the entertainment centre.
I can still not get a ping response from anybody at the vax console, but
everybody that I have tried can ping the vax. The home gateway is at
192.168.2.1 and the microVAX is at 192.168.2.30. For clarity, yes I
have proven that it IS the microVAX replying by shutting it down and
getting no response to pings.
Now I get a new output from wireshark:
11 1902.418773061 Sagemcom_03:3c:20 Broadcast ARP 60
Who has 192.168.2.30? Tell 192.168.2.1
12 1902.420733167 Dec_04:fd:07 Sagemcom_03:3c:20 ARP
60 192.168.2.30 is at 08:00:2b:04:fd:07 (the microVAX MAC address)
13 1974.207263126 192.168.2.30 192.168.2.1 DNS 84
Standard query 0x319e PTR 1.2.168.192.in-addr.arpa
14 1974.208789432 192.168.2.1 192.168.2.30 DNS 107
Standard query response 0x319e PTR 1.2.168.192.in-addr.arpa PTR mynetwork
when I type ping 192.168.2.1 on the microVAX console! My question is
why would it issue a DNS lookup when I am using a hard-coded private I{P
address?
cheers,
Nigel
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