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Date:      Sat, 6 Feb 2010 15:41:43 -0800 (PST)
From:      Bill Tillman <btillman99@yahoo.com>
To:        Mark <redtick@sbcglobal.net>
Cc:        help help <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Wireless Access Point
Message-ID:  <855190.9850.qm@web36501.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

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--- On Sat, 2/6/10, Mark <redtick@sbcglobal.net> wrote:


From: Mark <redtick@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: Wireless Access Point
To: "Bill Tillman" <btillman99@yahoo.com>
Cc: "help help" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Date: Saturday, February 6, 2010, 2:46 PM




--- On Sat, 2/6/10, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote:

> From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
> Subject: Re: Wireless Access Point
> To: "Bill Tillman" <btillman99@yahoo.com>
> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> Date: Saturday, February 6, 2010, 1:45 PM
> On Sat, 6 Feb 2010, Bill Tillman
> wrote:
> ...
> > Now my new FreeBSD-8.0-STABLE server seems to be
> almost ready to take over for the D-Link router and my old
> FreeBSD server. I have two NIC's in this server, an ethernet
> cable one (bge0) and the wireless NIC (ral0) or wlan0.
> ... =A0
> > I can ping outside addresses from this new server but
> of course it's using the 10.0.0.0/24 segment which I knew
> would work. But even though the wireless clients can connect
> to the wirless NIC and be assigned an IP address and can
> ping the IP address of the server, both of them, =A0I cannot
> access the Internet from any of the wireless machines. I
> could use some advice on what to do to correct this.
>=20
> Sounds like NAT is working for the internal wired
> interface, but not the wireless interface.=A0 Check your
> firewall rules.
>=20
> -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
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In rc.conf you need gateway_enabe=3D"YES". After making the entry you can d=
o /etc/netstart to keep from rebooting.

Are you running a dhcp server, that is pushing the gateway IP and dns serve=
r ip's out to the wireless network or just hand config??
=A0
Yes, my dhcp server which is this same FreeBSD server with the wireless NIC=
 is pushing the gateway IP address 192.168.0.254
=A0
This is my /etc/rc.conf file
=A0
hostname=3D"FreeBSD13.mydomain.com"
gateway_enable=3D"YES"
ifconfig_bge0=3D"DHCP"
inetd_enable=3D"YES"
nfs_client_enable=3D"YES"
nfs_server_enable=3D"YES"
rpcbind_enable=3D"YES"
sshd_enable=3D"YES"
wlans_ral0=3Dwlan0
create_args_wlan0=3D"wlanmode hostap mode 11g"
ifconfig_wlan0=3D"inet 192.168.0.254 netmask 255.255.255.0 ssid freebsdap c=
hannel 11"
sendmail_enable=3D"NO"
natd_interface=3D"wlan0"
=A0
The wireless laptop is seeing the FreeBSD server and is connecting and gett=
ing an IP address. But I cannot get out to the Internet with it. I really a=
ppreciate the advice gang. I know this thing is probably simple and I just =
can't find the resolution.=0A=0A=0A      


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