Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 15:00:10 -0600 From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> To: Peter Elsner <peter@sri-software.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Weird Problem... Message-ID: <3FBBD9DA.20901@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <6.0.1.1.2.20031119100326.01b651d0@mail.sri-software.com> References: <6.0.1.1.2.20031119100326.01b651d0@mail.sri-software.com>
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Peter Elsner wrote: > Okay, I have a really weird problem. > > Running FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE (just installed it from CD). > > It's a basic gateway setup with 2 NIC cards. > I've done this set up a hundred times and have never seen this before. > > DSL modem (with static IP address) goes into one NIC card (dc0). > Status is active, and from the gateway box, I can ping out to the world. > > Second NIC (dc1) is connected to a hub, with internal IP 192.168.0.1. > > DHCP is running and assigning IP addresses to workstations. > > Workstation is WinXP Professional, and it is set to obtain IP and DNS > automatically. > This works, I do get an IP address of 192.168.0.240 (the dhcp range is > 50 to 240). > I have DNS, if I look at network settings, the DNS IP addresses > contained in the /etc/resolv.conf > and the dhcpd.conf file from the server are there. > > From the workstation (a dos prompt), I can connect to the server at > 192.168.0.1 and I can ping the server. > Which means I have a connection. > > But I can't ping the outside world or connect anywhere else to the > outside from the workstation. > I have tried both by host name and IP addresses, so DNS issues can be > ruled out. > > Also, from the server, I can ping the workstation, (192.168.0.240) and > it responds... > > tracert yahoo.com (from dos prompt), goes to the server 192.168.0.1 > and then says it > can not go any further. Almost like the DSL modem is preventing from > anything going out, > unless it comes directly from the server. > > Right now, I can only connect up to 4 workstations to a Netopia 4 port > DSL router. > > But I have 2 other workstations to connect, and can't do that until I > can get this issue > resolved. > > Has anyone ever seen this problem before? > > Thanks. > > Peter Elsner > > > Do you have gateway_enable="YES" in /etc/rc.conf? IIRC, FBSD needs to be instructed that's it's supposed to be bridging the two interfaces... Handbook chapter 19.2 is probably one place you need to look. HTH, Kevin Kinsey DaleCo, S.P.
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