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From: mms7r@ascus.micr.Virginia.EDU (M. Mitchell Smith)
Subject: ep0 problem under FreeBSD-1.1-RELEASE
Message-ID: <Cs6D0n.Lrq@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
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Organization: University of Virginia
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 1994 20:02:47 GMT
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I'm having a problem with the ep0 interface with FreeBSD-1.1-RELEASE.
The machine ``tetrad'' is in domain ``micr.virginia.edu''.  The system
can make network connections with other systems in the same ``micr''
subnet, but nothing outside.  Details below.  Any help would be greatly
appreciated.
							-- Mitch

(1) The hardware is OK.  I can boot MS-DOS from the same machine, and
connect outside the subnet, and through other routers and gateways.

(2) Here is the line in my /sys/i386/conf configuration file:

	# driver for the Etherlink III ( 3C509 ) card, beta version.
	device ep0 at isa? port 0x300 net irq 10 vector epintr

(3) Here is the autodonfigure probing during boot:

	Jun 29 14:32:21 tetrad /386bsd: ep0 at 0x300-0x30f irq 10 on isa
	Jun 29 14:32:21 tetrad /386bsd: ep0: aui/bnc/utp address 00:20:af:03:ab:91

(4) Here is the the ifconfig line generated by /etc/netstart:

	ifconfig ep0 inet 128.143.16.10 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 128.143.16.0 aui

(5) Here is what the interface looks like when it's running:

	$ ifconfig ep0
	ep0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,ALTPHYS>
		inet 128.143.16.10 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 128.143.16.0

(6) I can telnet, rlogin, etc to a machine in the same subnet.  Here is the ping results:

	PING ascus (128.143.16.18): 56 data bytes
	64 bytes from 128.143.16.18: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=3.117 ms
	...
	--- ascus ping statistics ---
	5 packets transmitted, 5 packets received, 0% packet loss
	round-trip min/avg/max = 1.961/2.250/3.117 ms

(7) But I can't get anywhere else.  Here's the ping results for another nearby machine
in the ``med.virginia.edu'' domain:

	PING dayhoff (128.143.19.17): 56 data bytes
	ping: wrote dayhoff 64 chars, ret=-1
	ping: sendto: No route to host
	...
	--- dayhoff ping statistics ---
	4 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss


-- 
M. Mitchell Smith			mms7r@Virginia.EDU
Department of Microbiology		(804) 924-2669
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA 22908