[openbeosnetteam] Fwd: [bedevtalk]Re: rtl8139 net drive

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From: "Philippe Houdoin" <philippe.houdoin@xxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2003 23:37:06 +1000 EST
Subject: [bedevtalk] Re: rtl8139 net driver
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David McPaul asked: 
>        With the latest version of the network code my rtl8139 card 
> was 
> recognised so I thought I would try it out. 
> 
>        This is what get with ifconfig -a 
> rtl81390: flags=2030<MULTICAST,BROADCAST,LINK1> mtu 1514 
> loop0: flags=110<MULTICAST,LOOPBACK> mtu 16384            
> 
>        So I add my address using 
> ifconfig rtl81390 192.168.0.5 up netmask 255.255.255.0 
> 
>        which gives me 
> rtl81390: flags=2039<UP,RUNNING,MULTICAST,BROADCAST,LINK1> mtu 1514 
>         inet 192.168.0.5 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255 
> loop0: flags=110<MULTICAST,LOOPBACK> mtu 16384                         
> 
>        but when I try a ping I get the error 
> error: unknown protocol icmp: error -2147459069 [No such file or 
> directory] 
> 
>        Is this what I am supposed to be doing? 

Check you have a /etc/protocols file on your system. 
It should contains this line: 

icmp    1       ICMP    # internet control message protocol 

If you don't have any /etc/protocols file, then grab one from a Unix 
system, or 
save this text into a new /etc/protocols file on your system: 

# 
# Internet (IP) protocols 
# 
ip      0       IP      # internet protocol, pseudo protocol number 
icmp    1       ICMP    # internet control message protocol 
ggp     3       GGP     # gateway-gateway protocol 
tcp     6       TCP     # transmission control protocol 
pup     12      PUP     # PARC universal packet protocol 
udp     17      UDP     # user datagram protocol 


Hope this help. 

-Philippe Houdoin 


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