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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mips,comp.unix.questions,comp.protocols.tcp-ip,comp.unix.sys5.r3,comp.unix.bsd Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.uwa.edu.au!classic.iinet.com.au!swing.iinet.net.au!news.uoregon.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!news.umbc.edu!eff!news.duke.edu!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!bobb From: bobb@netcom.com (EZ Travel) Subject: Re: Can't ping my machine Message-ID: <bobbDH8E31.9CA@netcom.com> Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest) References: <46mk2f$1sh@inet-nntp-gw-1.us.oracle.com> Date: Sun, 29 Oct 1995 22:21:01 GMT Lines: 51 Sender: bobb@netcom13.netcom.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.sys.mips:4421 comp.unix.questions:71766 comp.protocols.tcp-ip:40014 comp.unix.sys5.r3:2769 comp.unix.bsd:16743 I replaced the NVRAM chip on my system and I had no problems connecting to the internet. The chip is VERY easy to replace. Its a BIGGER size chip than the others and probably has the word "Dallas" on it. It cost about $25 and Mousers has them. They'd be very easy to cross-ref to a diff manufacturer. Its located on the MB just under the archive tape unit. To check out if the ethernet address is still is the system at the boot prompt type: dkis(,,8)sash dkis(,,0)/unix -s showconfig it should should the ethernet address as xx:xx:xx:xx:xx Bob In article <46mk2f$1sh@inet-nntp-gw-1.us.oracle.com> you write: >I have an an old MIPS 3240 running RISC/OS' blend of BSD and SYS5r3. Just >recently my lithium battery went dead and I lost NVRAM information. I had >been running an NCD X terminal off of this server on my little coax ethernet. >After losing the battery I could still boot from the server I just had to >reset the bootserver information in the NVRAM. I have just gotten connected to > >the internet (I have my own subnet addresses). Since applying my new >internet addresses I have been unable to access the MIPS box via its >external address even from the MIPS box itself(I can ping myself using the >localhost loopback address). From the MIPS box I can ping the NCD and I >can ping the dec router to which I am connected. Neither from the MIPS >box nor from the NCD can I ping anyone beyond the router. However >addresses outside the router have been able to ping the NCD and the router. > >When I run arp on the MIPS box it shows that the ethernet address is unknown. >Using arp -s I reset the ethernet adress but this does not help the above >situation. I have also tried updating the netaddr in the NVRAM to the >proper internet address but this also does not seem to help. Yes I do >intend to replace the lithium battery but I still need to reload the NVRAM >values which have been lost. > >Any ideas/suggestions? >You can email me at lkaplan@us.oracle.com. > >Thanks, >Lewis > -- ___________________________________________________________________ | _____ _____ ______ _____ _____ ___ ___ _____ __ | || ___| |_ / |_ _|| _ \ / _ \ \ \/ / | ___| | | | || ___| / /_ | | | / | _ | \ / | ___| | |__ | ||_____| /_____| |__| |__|__\ \_/ \_/ \__/ |_____| |_____| | |$Best Fares$...........Great Service........International/Domestic | |Tel(408)978-0808 Fax:(408)978-7024 Internet: eztravel@netcom.com | -------------------------------------------------------------------