Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 18:41:02 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@3-cities.com> To: John Johnson <ioann_j@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Accessing FreeBSD Gateway from Another FreeBSD Machine Message-ID: <396929AE.42D8F815@3-cities.com> References: <20000710001340.5758.qmail@web4103.mail.yahoo.com>
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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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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