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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!purdue!haven.umd.edu!hecate.umd.edu!digital.eng.umd.edu!marat From: marat@Glue.umd.edu (Marat Fayzullin) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: 2.2-RELEASE + PLIP = problem Date: 20 Mar 1997 23:21:17 GMT Organization: University of Maryland, College Park Lines: 24 Message-ID: <5gsgpd$4pa@hecate.umd.edu> References: <5gm6f1$ukc@hecate.umd.edu> <5gmguh$icd@ui-gate.utell.co.uk> <5grfr6$bip@ui-gate.utell.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: digital.eng.umd.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:37413 Brian Somers (brian@shift.lan.awfulhak.org) wrote: : If telnet from the router to the laptop works, it means packets can : travel both ways. Try attempting a telnet from the laptop to the : router and waiting for a long time. It may be the case that the Ok, here is what happens: 1. Doing ifconfig lp0 <gateway_addr> <laptop_addr> at the gateway 2. Doing ifconfig <laptop_addr> <gateway_addr> route add default <gateway_addr> at the laptop 3. Trying to ping/telnet/etc. gateway from the laptop --> it works 4. Trying to ping/telnet/etc. router from the laptop --> nothing happens 5. Manually adding a route to laptop at the router. 6. Trying to ping/telnet/etc. router from the laptop --> nothing happens 7. Logging onto router and telnetting t laptop --> it works 8. Trying to ping/telnet/etc. router from the laptop --> it works now Any ideas? At this point I'm almost sure something is wrong in this sequence. The gateway has two IP addresses: Ethernet and PLIP ones. All addresses are taken from the same class-C group. Marat