From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 14 10:12:01 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A13BC106564A for ; Sat, 14 Jun 2008 10:12:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peter@boosten.org) Received: from smtpq1.groni1.gr.home.nl (smtpq1.groni1.gr.home.nl [213.51.130.200]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64B308FC19 for ; Sat, 14 Jun 2008 10:12:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peter@boosten.org) Received: from [213.51.130.189] (port=41279 helo=smtp2.groni1.gr.home.nl) by smtpq1.groni1.gr.home.nl with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K7Sjl-0000f9-Oz; Sat, 14 Jun 2008 12:11:57 +0200 Received: from cp268254-a.landg1.lb.home.nl ([84.25.65.88]:5008 helo=ra.egypt.nl) by smtp2.groni1.gr.home.nl with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K7Sjl-0005ag-7l; Sat, 14 Jun 2008 12:11:57 +0200 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (xp.egypt.nl [192.168.13.35]) by ra.egypt.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECC443987B; Sat, 14 Jun 2008 12:11:40 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <4853995B.8090701@boosten.org> Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 12:11:39 +0200 From: Peter Boosten User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (Windows/20080421) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Edward Lay References: <200806140735.m5E7Zr2t019325@dewey.soe.berkeley.edu> In-Reply-To: <200806140735.m5E7Zr2t019325@dewey.soe.berkeley.edu> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 080614-0, 06/14/2008), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unable to reach hosts outside my subnet after initial installation X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 10:12:01 -0000 Edward Lay wrote: >> From: Derek Ragona > > It seems more like a router/gateway network configuration type of > problem. I've just discovered that when I ping the gateway's IP > address, I get no answer. Now I know the gateway is functioning as > every other host on the network can reach the rest of the internet and > in fact, I've just successfully ping'd the gateway from the machine > where I'm writing this message. So I'm wondering what could cause this > or at least some way of approaching the problem. > netmask? Peter -- http://www.boosten.org