Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 03:32:47 -0700 (PDT) From: John Johnson <ioann_j@yahoo.com> To: Kent Stewart <kstewart@3-cities.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Accessing FreeBSD Gateway from Another FreeBSD Machine Message-ID: <20000710103247.26021.qmail@web4107.mail.yahoo.com>
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Still no dice. I'm thinking of trying a crossover cable to see if that might help, but other than that, I'm stumped (no big thing, given that I'm still way too green with FBSD..) :-) John --- Kent Stewart <kstewart@3-cities.com> wrote: > > > John Johnson wrote: > > > > Kent, > > > > Thanks for the quick response. I cleaned out a lot > of > > deadwood from rc.conf on both machines, verified > > defaultrouter (set to external gateway IP address > on > > the gateway machine and internal gateway IP > address on > > the client), and added a second nameserver to > > resolv.conf for both machines. No dice. Any other > > suggestions? > > I do have all 5 of my machines in the hosts files on > all systems. This > includes each version of Windows that I multi-boot > and FreeBSD. > > Kent > > > > > Thanks, > > John > > > > --- Kent Stewart <kstewart@3-cities.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > John Johnson wrote: > > > > > > > > I've built a FreeBSD machine which I am using > as a > > > > gateway and firewall. I have no problem > pinging > > > the > > > > gateway machine and accessing the Web from a > > > Windows > > > > 2000 laptop which I have sitting behind the > > > firewall, > > > > but I am unable to do either from a second > FreeBSD > > > > box, which also sits behind the firewall and > on > > > which > > > > I would like to run Samba and Apache. I am, > > > however, > > > > able to connect to the Web when I plug > directly > > > into > > > > my DSL router, which is how I installed > FreeBSD, > > > so I > > > > know the NIC is working. > > > > > > > > I know that I'm probably missing something > > > glaringly > > > > obvious, but I can't seem to figure out what. > I've > > > > also tried with Linux with the same results. > Be > > > happy > > > > to post netstat and/or route output if someone > can > > > > steer me in the right direction. > > > > > > Sounds like you didn't add a > > > "defaultrouter="IP_FBSD_Machine"" into > > > your /etc/rc.conf. Depending on how you have > things > > > setup there may be > > > other settings. I have a static IP and specify > my > > > ISP's DNS servers in > > > resolv.conf. > > > > > > Kent > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance for the help, > > > > John Johnson > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > > Get Yahoo! Mail – Free email you can access > from > > > anywhere! > > > > http://mail.yahoo.com/ > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to > majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the > body > > > of the message > > > > > > -- > > > Kent Stewart > > > Richland, WA > > > > > > mailto:kstewart@3-cities.com > > > http://www.3-cities.com/~kstewart/index.html > > > FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ > > > > > > Bomber dropping fire retardant in front of > Hanford > > > Wild fire. > > > http://www.3-cities.com/~kstewart/bomber.jpg > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Get Yahoo! Mail – Free email you can access from > anywhere! > > http://mail.yahoo.com/ > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body > of the message > > -- > Kent Stewart > Richland, WA > > mailto:kstewart@3-cities.com > http://www.3-cities.com/~kstewart/index.html > FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ > > Bomber dropping fire retardant in front of Hanford > Wild fire. > http://www.3-cities.com/~kstewart/bomber.jpg __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get Yahoo! Mail – Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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