Date: 27 Sep 1997 14:32:52 +0800
From: bsd@smmc.qld.edu.au ("Keith Spencer")
To: questions@freebsd.org
Subject: How to Route to server??
Message-ID: <60i9ak$r9d$1@FreeBSD.csie.NCTU.edu.tw>
next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Hi all, I have a routing problem, which should be easy to fix! History: I recently installed fbsd 2.2.2 on my system and I chose to nstall a DEC 24010 NIC at install time so my LAN could use this machine as a gateway to the Internet. The LAN pings fine. The LAN can route out using userppp -alias great The win clients access the INternet perfectly as does this freebsd gateway machine. The Ineternet connection is a dynamic IP The gateway NIC and all other machines have IPs from a c class block I own. I am very happy : ^ ) ...It was a very steep learning curve for me. Problem: I have a server with a IP from my c class block (it too is fbsd). It is not on this LAN & it has my mail server on it. Obviously I want my LAN to pop mail from it and access web pages from its httpd. BUT.... I cannot ping the remote server from this gateway or the machines on this gateway LAN. Ping reports that HOST is down (I know it isn't). Possible cause: When I installed fbsd on this gateway, I didn't know what to put in the host & gateway fields of the install.bat programme when I was configuring the de0 DEC ethercard interface. Questions: What is supposed to be in these fields...remember this is a gateway machine but hasn't got a DNS server working on it. How do I make the routing work so I can ping via my ISP to my remote server? Thanks for helping Keith Spencer Teacher...St Margaret Marys College Townsville Australia
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?60i9ak$r9d$1>