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Date:      Fri, 03 Sep 1999 19:05:09 -0700
From:      michael_smith@bigfoot.com
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   can't connect thru jones@home cable modem
Message-ID:  <7qpuol$nku1@eGroups.com>

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I'm running FreeBSD 3.2-STABLE. I've got 2 NICs -- one connected to my
local network and one connected to my new Jones@home cable modem. I
believe both of my NICs are working properly; I can re-arrange
/etc/rc.conf settings and cables and ping my internal network thru each
of them.

I've recompiled the kernel with the IPFIREWALL and IPDIVERT options (as
explained in The Complete FreeBSD, which I have). There don't appear to
be any problems with the ipfw and natd setups -- all startup messages
look successful. 

From Jones@home, I've got a static IP, a subnet mask, a default
gateway, 2 DNS servers, a compuer name and subdomain address. I've also
got a Win95 machine that's hooked up to the cable modem and working
just fine (i'm sending this thru it). The settings in the Win95 TCP/IP
properties are the same as I'm using on the FreeBSD box.

I believe I've got all the settings in rc.conf correct, but I can't
ping anything other than my internal network.

# a re-typed snippet from my /etc/rc.conf
network_interfaces="ed0 ed1 lo0"
ifconfig_ed0="inet 24.6.109.184 netmask 255.255.255.128"
ifconfig_ed1="inet 192.168.120.1 netmask 255.255.255.0"
hostname="cj812546-a.alex1.va.home.com"
defaultrouter="24.6.109.129"
gateway_enable="YES"
firewall_enable="YES"
firewall_type="open"
natd_enable="YES"
natd_interface="ed0"


I've also removed all the firewall stuff and one of the NICs
(recompiling the kernel) and tried to connect with a more simple system
-- same results: if I configure ed0 to be on my local network, I can
ping other machines normally, if I configure ed0 to the cable modem
settings (and swap cables) I can ping nothing. 

Before each test, I plug the proper machine in to the cable modem, turn
the cable modem off and on, and reboot the FreeBSD machine.

Am I missing something terribly obvious?? I'm new to FreeBSD; I work
mostly with Linux and Solaris. Thanks for reading this far (those of
you who have ;^)

Michael A. Smith <michael_smith@bigfoot.com>




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