Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 07:44:00 -0600 From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> To: lance@dallypost.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Internet connection sharing Message-ID: <4030C920.6070503@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <36131.66.82.160.1.1076900027.squirrel@www.dallypost.com> References: <36131.66.82.160.1.1076900027.squirrel@www.dallypost.com>
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Lance Earl wrote: >I am new to FreeBSD. I am evaluating it as a possible replacement for my >in house desktops and ultimately a replacement for my redhat Internet >server. > >I installed 4.9 without a hitch and decided to go ahead and install 5.2 in >order to avoid potential upgrade issues mentioned on the BSD wed site. > >I am having problems with internet connection sharing. The computer is >seeing my network but is not seeing the Internet through my gateway >computer. I think that I may have incorrectly entered the gateway IP >during install. I have checked the FAQ and HandBook for the name and >location of the file that contains the Gateway IP with no success. > >Can you please help me locate this file so I can confirm my settings. > >Thanks > > >Lance Earl >DallyPost, Inc. >208-548-2721 > > Hi, Lance, You have received some good advice already. One further note: If you have already booted a FBSD box *without* having proper gateway information in /etc/rc.conf, simply type (as root): #route add default xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the IP of the desired gateway. HTH, Kevin Kinsey
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