From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 16 05:45:21 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E076E16A4CE for ; Mon, 16 Feb 2004 05:45:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from ns1.tiadon.com (SMTP.tiadon.com [69.27.132.161]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4B3A43D1F for ; Mon, 16 Feb 2004 05:45:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Received: from daleco.biz ([69.27.131.0]) by ns1.tiadon.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.0); Mon, 16 Feb 2004 07:45:32 -0600 Message-ID: <4030C920.6070503@daleco.biz> Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 07:44:00 -0600 From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040212 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: lance@dallypost.com References: <36131.66.82.160.1.1076900027.squirrel@www.dallypost.com> In-Reply-To: <36131.66.82.160.1.1076900027.squirrel@www.dallypost.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 16 Feb 2004 13:45:32.0687 (UTC) FILETIME=[25BAB9F0:01C3F493] cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Internet connection sharing X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 13:45:22 -0000 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