kec@tcsc3b2.tcsc.com (Kevin E. Carter) (03/23/91)
We have installed Microport SysVR4 with its version of TCP/IP and have
gotten to a point where all our software loads fine, looks fine, but
I cannot get the two machines to talk to each other.
I have:
1. Installed nsu, rpc, inet, and wd packages
2. Tested the Western Digital EtherCard Plus Elite16 Combo boards
2.1 Board Diagnostics
2.2 WD packet transfer test on the "SuperDisk"
2.3 All packet transfers went through a StarLAN 10 Hub - UTP
2.4 Link Integrity checks are clean --clears wiring--distance 6m
3. Checked out our AT&T StarLAN 10 Hub (10BASET) by connecting to
an existing StarGROUP 3.4 network
4. Set Up /etc/hosts:
192.5.88.3 joe
192.5.88.4 bloe
5. Set Up /etc/networks
...
#
# Local Networks
#
tcsc 192.5.88
6. Set Up /etc/strcf
...
cenet ip /dev/wd emd 0 #i386/wd8003
7. Set Up /etc/ethers
00:00:c0:cb:3d:23 joe # machine 1
00:00:c0:a3:7e:08 bloe # machine 2
8. Checked node names with uname -a
9. Checked out sdevice, kernel versions, etc.
10. Ran ifconfig emd0 from joe
emd0: flags=23<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS>
inet 192.5.88.3 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 192.5.88.255
bloe responds similarly with the proper IP address
11. Ran netstat from joe
tcp 0 0 joe.2766 *.* LISTEN
from bloe:
tcp 0 0 bloe.2766 *.* LISTEN
12. Ran ping:
ping joe from joe -- joe is alive
ping localhost from joe -- localhost is alive
ping anyhost from joe -- anyhost is alive
ping 192.5.88.3 from joe -- 192.5.88.3 is alive
ping bloe from joe -- no answer from bloe
ping 192.5.88.4 from joe -- no answer from 192.5.88.4
bloe did the same going for joe
When the software comes up, the board is recognized and the id's match
the entries I made in the /etc/ethers file. I don't think this matters
anyway since I am not running RARP. As I said, slink, listen, rpcbind,
everybody thinks things are just dandy. I don't know where to go next.
We have transmit and receive lights on the boards as well as an activity
light on the hub. When I ping, the hub does not blink and the card's
transmit light does not blink. Either that, or it is too fast for me
to see.
More particulars
Tangent 486/25 PC with 102 MB Hard Disk, 8 MB RAM
all file systems are ufs, except of course for /stand and
a partition we set aside called /sysv for s5 filesystem.
Installs were made from a 60MB cartridge tape.
Boards:
Western Digital EtherCard Plus Elite16 Combo
IRQ 2
I/O 240
RAM 16K
BASE D0000
-- both are set up the same, no conflicts are reported
by the diagnostics or the idbuild.
WD8003 Ethernet Driver
(AT386) 4.0 2.2
ANY help would be appreciated -- to quote a famous movie general:
"Hell, I'd piss on a sparkplug if I thought it would help."
In the interest of keeping traffic out of the group, please E-Mail
responses direct to me, unless of course you feel compelled to share
with everyone. I mean heck, why listen to me? You are going to do
what you want anyway.
Thank you for your support...
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