[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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