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TCP/IP L95 <-> Linux fails on coax ether (10MB)




Hello

  I have a bare bones L95 machine (not OSR2) that has TCP/IP and the
ethercard's manufacturer's driver installed. I have only TCP/IP enabled in
protocols (and nothing else). I have a set of pd TCP/IP tools on it
(especially, WS_PING).

  The Linux host is used for all sorts of things and I'd like to connect
the L95 to its web server. There is no nameserver anywhere on the network
(only /etc/hosts). 

  This does not work. The L95 sends PING packets, Trumpet logs them, the
light on the ethercard is flashing and the process fails. Trumpet also
logs ARP requests going out (WHY are there ARP requests if there is no DNS
configured ?!). There is no gateway, no DNS, no nothing specified in the
L95 setup and it has a fixed IP. This is reflected in Trumpet's hosts and
in Linux's /etc/hosts. 

  PING eventually reports ICMP fail and gives up. All connection requests
specify IP directly (not name).

  Of course connecting to the Linux machine using Linux works and pings
and all that (with the same computer - dual boot).

Q: What the **** is wrong ?! Ideas (before I start sniffing packets) ? I
can't believe a packet sniffer is required to get TCP/IP going on a
Microdoze product. <g> BTW if the packets reported by Trumpet were going
out unmodified it SHOULD have worked imho.

Peter