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Date:      Sun, 20 Mar 2005 19:29:45 -0300
From:      Augusto Cesar <augusto.cesar@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Invalid Gateway IPv4 Address Specified
Message-ID:  <423DF959.3050007@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20050320170256.2b3b2e10.wmoran@potentialtech.com>
References:  <423DEB5B.3090506@gmail.com> <20050320170256.2b3b2e10.wmoran@potentialtech.com>

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Bill Moran wrote:

>What is your IP address/netmask?  What's the output of 'netstat -rn'?
>
>Not enough information to be sure, but my first guess (based on the
>source code for sysinstall) is that you're specifying an IP for the
>gateway that is not reachable based on the IP/netmask for the interface.
>For example: If your IP/netmask is 172.16.0.1/255.255.255.0, then the
>system has no way to reach 10.0.0.9.
>
>If that's not the problem, the I suggest collecting some more detailed
>information and posting again.
>
>  
>
The netmask was the problem, thanks!
Shame on me for not thinking of it.



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