Mauro Rezzonico wrote:
Just a shot in the dark:
If the problem is with the network, maybe the problem is from the net
(cables, switches, hub, routers, etc.)
You could try to ping the machines from a laptop connected by a
cross-cable...
If the required hardware is at hand and you have access to the machines
this is going to cost you very little time
As I had mentioned though, any other OS on this machine works fine.
That essentially eliminates any network issue I can think of.
I even went as far as setting up the machine and my laptop on a stand
alone unmanaged ethernet switch. Nothing else on there. Still nothing.
-ifconfig -a shows the NIC up.
-I can internally ping the nic from the console.
-netstat -rn shows proper routes.
If I try to ping another LAN machine from the console,
i get request timed out and arp -a shows IPs with (incomplete)
in the MAC area section.
I am going to try a snapshot from 11/19 I just got.
Openbsd just doesnt like this 1 particular machine....If I take the
drive out and put in the other IBM (same exact model/type) it works fine.
I am not going to spend more than a few hrs on this at this point
and just give up...but a snapshot try won't hurt and its easy enough.
I will follow up shortly.
--
JD
