Re: cabling problem?
On Wed, 14 Jan 2004, Marwan Sultan wrote: Why the network cable from Modem router to box directly doesnot work in the time from Modem router to HUB and from HUB to BSD box works fine? you need a cross cable to connect the modem router directly to the freebsd box. it's a standard CAT5 cable with the following pin outs: 1 -- 2 2 -- 1 3 -- 6 6 -- 3 Regards, /\_/\ All dogs go to heaven. [EMAIL PROTECTED](0 0)http://www.alphaque.com/ +==oOO--(_)--OOo==+ | for a in past present future; do| | for b in clients employers associates relatives neighbours pets; do | | echo The opinions here in no way reflect the opinions of my $a $b. | | done; done | +=+ ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: cabling problem?
Marwan Sultan wrote: When I plug the network cable From the Modem router directly to my FreeBSD in the first NIC rl0 it doesnot take the internet connection. and nor the light in the rl0 lights.! So to solve the problem, I have a small HUB i pluged the cable from the router to hub (uplink) and from the HUB to rl0 then everything works fine, and the NIC light comes on, and NATd works great also all clients have the internet access. The question is: Why the network cable from Modem router to box directly doesnot work in the time from Modem router to HUB and from HUB to BSD box works fine? In order to directly connect two computers (or your computer and modem in this case) together using ethernet, you need a special type of ethernet cable called a crossover cable - which is simply a normal ethernet cable wired slightly differently. The cable you are using must not be a crossover cable - and so it works between a computer and a hub, but not directly between two computers. You should be able to find more information on Google if you need it. Hope that helps. Andrew ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: cabling problem?
It does not work because you are not using the correct cable. In order to directly connect to NICs (or NIC-to-Router) you need a cross-over cable. The pin-through is different than a normal patch cable. Google cross-over cable or just ask the guy behind the counter of your local computer store for one. HTH, Christopher Hollow Technical Consultant Marwan Sultan wrote: Hello everyone, I'm Running FreeBSD 4.8-R, NATd, Firewall enabled. This box acting as a gateway. Modem Router calling the Internet and connected to rl0 in my FreeBSD and rl1 connected to HUB clients. When I plug the network cable From the Modem router directly to my FreeBSD in the first NIC rl0 it doesnot take the internet connection. and nor the light in the rl0 lights.! So to solve the problem, I have a small HUB i pluged the cable from the router to hub (uplink) and from the HUB to rl0 then everything works fine, and the NIC light comes on, and NATd works great also all clients have the internet access. The question is: Why the network cable from Modem router to box directly doesnot work in the time from Modem router to HUB and from HUB to BSD box works fine? Thank you all. -- Marwan Sultan ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
