What problem did you encounter, killasmurf86?
I havent been touching networking gears for months, but I just set up a testing LAN for you, and it works without a hitch.
So here is a brief summary what I have done:
- Make sure the FreeBSD network interface is up and assign it IP and netmask:
# ifconfig em0 inet 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0
- Now just for fun, I set up a web server with
nc. I save this thread as a default page, and name it freebsd_forum.html. The web server is listening on port 8000
$ nc -l 8000 < freebsd_forum.html
- Now plug the cable, with most modem network cards, cross over and straigh through cable will work. I uses straigh through one
- Now in the Windows box, enable the network card, manually assign IP and netmask. For testing sake, I give it 192.168.1.2.
- In Windows box, open web browser (or telnet client), go to:
- Immediatelly, the terminal spilled some lines from my FreeBSD box. Obviously, it is html request from Windows box. I cant post those line as the forum doesnt accept it. It is standard html request anyway
- Here is the screen dump from Windows box after retrieving the response.
I can see your thread now