[openbeosnetteam] Re: /etc/protocols

From: "Niels Reedijk" <n.reedijk@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <openbeosnetteam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 08:14:17 +0200

> Indeed, the ping implementaton wants to find a file '/etc/protocols'
> to fulfill the function call proto = getprotobyname("icmp").  When I
> copied my 'protocols' file from a unix box over to this (BeOS R5.03)
> box, ping no longer says "unknown protocol".  However, I still cant
> ping anything, as now it will always report "ping: sendto: No route
> to host".  This comes up on any internal address, or localhost.  I
> also cant use "route" to add a default route (route: socket: Protocol
> not supported).

I think I've got the route problem worked out, almost...

> When testing ping, will it make a difference if Im using net_server
> or OBOS stack?  Just curious...

Nope, because you would've disabled both!

Niels

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