Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 09:50:12 -0500 From: "Charlie Schloemer" <charlie@infoworks.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Rakesh Thakkar <rakesh@cell-works.com> Subject: Re: FreeBSD as Gateway Problem Message-ID: <200009291449.JAA02402@smtp.intop.net> In-Reply-To: <39D294E5.B8E3F971@cell-works.com>
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On 27 Sep 00, at 20:46, Rakesh Thakkar wrote: > I am trying to configure my FreeBSD 3.4-R as a Gateway. I have my > FreeBSD machine up and running on the cable modem and I have > another NIC in the machine which is configured to use IP of > 192.168.1.1. I have a windows 98 machine that I wanted to use to > connect to the internet via the FreeBSD machine. My Windows 98 > machine has a address of 192.168.1.11. I have gone to the > handbook on the internet and configured the windows machine. The > only thing is that when the connection is not active. I can ping the > windows machine from my FreeBSD machine but I cannot ping my > FreeBSD machine from my Windows machine. I don't know why this is > not working. I am a newbie.. Please help.. When you try to ping your FreeBSD machine, are you pinging its internal or external address? Are you using any firewall rules on your gateway? -charlie To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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