Subject: Re: Trouble with ep0 on old compaq
To: None <Havard.Eidnes@runit.sintef.no>
From: Jim Wise <jimw@numenor.turner.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 10/07/1997 17:52:28
On Tue, 7 Oct 1997 Havard.Eidnes@runit.sintef.no wrote:
> > When I try to ping through the card, however, It sends the
> > first packet, then reports:
> >
> > ping: failed to clear cached route: network is unreachable
> >
> > and exits. When trying to ping my own address, I get one
> > packet back before exiting with the same error.
>
> This is while running single-user, right? With no lo0 interface
> configured? If you configure lo0 with 127.0.0.1, the problem
> will go away.
OK, so I tried this, and now I can ping myself, but I get:
ping: sendto: Host is down
when trying to ping anything else. Again, I have link light on the card
and the hub, and I have tried multiple cards. The same cable and hub
port work fine for other machines.
--
Jim Wise
jim.wise@turner.com