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   Message 13,166 of 14,669   
   Barry Margolin to Birkemose   
   Re: Problems connecting through a switch   
   11 Nov 09 09:03:38   
   
   7d5a5c70   
   From: barmar@alum.mit.edu   
      
   In article   
   ,   
    Birkemose  wrote:   
      
   > @David   
   >   
   > Well, I tried using ARP, but there is no -an switch in my version of   
   > ARP. ( Windows 7 Evaluation )   
   > Trying ARP -a gives me this list. ( No 192.168.128.129 as you might   
   > notice, even if I can ping it )   
      
   The controllers appear to be on a different network from you.  Your PC   
   is on the 10.211.55.0/24 network, but the controllers are on   
   192.168.128.0/24.  So the PC sends to the controllers through a router,   
   and you need to look at *its* ARP table.   
      
   >   
   > Interface: 10.211.55.3 --- 0xb   
   >   Internet Address      Physical Address      Type   
   >   10.211.55.1           00-1c-42-00-00-18     dynamic   
   >   10.211.55.255         ff-ff-ff-ff-ff-ff     static   
   >   224.0.0.22            01-00-5e-00-00-16     static   
   >   224.0.0.251           01-00-5e-00-00-fb     static   
   >   224.0.0.252           01-00-5e-00-00-fc     static   
   >   239.255.255.250       01-00-5e-7f-ff-fa     static   
   >   255.255.255.255       ff-ff-ff-ff-ff-ff     static   
   >   
   > Anyway.   
   > As most of you guys stated, the problem was with the MAC address.   
   > The TCP software from Keil hardcoded the same MAC address into the   
   > ethernet controller, but after "hacking" into the driver, I was able   
   > to use the dipswitch we use for setting the IP address, to also set   
   > the MAC address, and voila ... it worked.   
   >   
   > Thanks for Your input on this, and for guiding me in the right   
   > direction.   
   >   
   > /Birkemose   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   > On 11 Nov., 08:36, Char Jackson  wrote:   
   > > On Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:22:02 +0000 (UTC), Rick Jones   
   > >   
   > >  wrote:   
   > > >Birkemose  wrote:   
   > > >> I am unfamiliar with ARP, but if I use ARP -a, I get a list of   
   > > >> addresses, but none of them are 192.168.128s Forgive me if I know   
   > > >> little about these things.   
   > >   
   > > >I cannot claim familiarity with Windows arp myself, but if the arp -a   
   > > >output is all "names" and not all IP addresses you may need to add   
   > > >(I'm guessing) a -n to that command line to prevent it from   
   > > >translating IP addresses back to hostnames.   
   > >   
   > > >rick jones   
   > >   
   > > It seems to display IP addresses, as expected.   
   > >   
   > > Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]   
   > > (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.   
   > >   
   > > D:\>arp /?   
   > >   
   > > Displays and modifies the IP-to-Physical address translation tables   
   > > used by address resolution protocol (ARP).   
   > >   
   > > ARP -s inet_addr eth_addr [if_addr]   
   > > ARP -d inet_addr [if_addr]   
   > > ARP -a [inet_addr] [-N if_addr]   
   > >   
   > >   -a            Displays current ARP entries by interrogating the   
   > >                 current protocol data.  If inet_addr is specified, the   
   > >                 IP and Physical addresses for only the specified   
   > >                 computer are displayed.  If more than one network   
   > >                 interface uses ARP, entries for each ARP table are   
   > >                 displayed.   
   > >   -g            Same as -a.   
   > >   inet_addr     Specifies an internet address.   
   > >   -N if_addr    Displays the ARP entries for the network interface   
   > >                 specified by if_addr.   
   > >   -d            Deletes the host specified by inet_addr. inet_addr may   
   > >                 be wildcarded with * to delete all hosts.   
   > >   -s            Adds the host and associates the Internet address   
   > >                 inet_addr with the Physical address eth_addr.  The   
   > >                 Physical address is given as 6 hexadecimal bytes   
   > >                 separated by hyphens. The entry is permanent.   
   > >   eth_addr      Specifies a physical address.   
   > >   if_addr       If present, this specifies the Internet address of the   
   > >                 interface whose address translation table should be   
   > >                 modified. If not present, the first applicable   
   > >                 interface will be used.   
   > >   
   > > Example:   
   > >   > arp -s 157.55.85.212   00-aa-00-62-c6-09  .... Adds a static   
   > >     entry.   
   > >   > arp -a                                    .... Displays the arp   
   > >     table.   
   > >   
   > > D:\>arp -a   
   > >   
   > > Interface: 192.168.5.10 --- 0x2   
   > >   Internet Address      Physical Address      Type   
   > >   192.168.5.1           00-18-f8-f9-6a-92     dynamic   
   > >   192.168.5.16          00-50-8d-91-70-df     dynamic   
   > >   
   > > D:\>   
      
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