From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Apr 13 22:12:50 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from lh2.rdc1.tx.home.com (ha2.rdc1.tx.home.com [24.4.0.67]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9421A37B72C for ; Thu, 13 Apr 2000 22:12:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from shocker@ionet.net) Received: from cx181155a ([24.4.109.156]) by lh2.rdc1.tx.home.com (InterMail v4.01.01.00 201-229-111) with SMTP id <20000414051247.LOSW19412.lh2.rdc1.tx.home.com@cx181155a> for ; Thu, 13 Apr 2000 22:12:47 -0700 Message-ID: <000801bfa5cf$b6f84340$9c6d0418@okcne1.ok.home.com> From: "Halber Mensch" To: Subject: yet another network monkey Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 00:10:13 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0005_01BFA5A5.CDE83F80" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01BFA5A5.CDE83F80 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I'm trying to do something nearly impossible.. my TCP/IP knowledge is = way too slim for this. here's the situation... bsd box with two nics... one pointing to static cable address, one to = 192.168.0.1 LAN address I'm trying to get a local LAN working on the 192.168.0.xxx and have it = all route through the BSD box.. I've enabled the router daemon and by = some freak chance I got the BSD box to route out... I could never get = the LAN to communicate. .. to say nothing about having it route through = the BSD box... and here's something else wierd.. I managed to gnarl up the config = somehow... the two NICs are setup with the proper addies, and the = routing table appears to direct the routing correctly... but when I try = to ping out to the cable router I can see the packets go out and return, = but the packets lost somewhere. I think my config is just all hosed now. = If anyone has done anything similar I would appreciate some advice.. = also.. do I need to be setting the machine up as just a router or as a = gateway as well? and what system should be the default router? ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01BFA5A5.CDE83F80 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I'm trying to do something nearly = impossible.. my=20 TCP/IP knowledge is way too slim for this.

here's the situation...

bsd box with two nics... one pointing = to static=20 cable address, one to 192.168.0.1 LAN address

I'm trying to get a local LAN working = on the=20 192.168.0.xxx and have it all route through the BSD box.. I've enabled = the=20 router daemon and by some freak chance I got the BSD box to route out... = I could=20 never get the LAN to communicate. .. to say nothing about having it = route=20 through the BSD box...

and here's something else wierd.. I = managed to=20 gnarl up the config somehow... the two NICs are setup with the proper = addies,=20 and the routing table appears to direct the routing correctly... but = when I try=20 to ping out to the cable router I can see the packets go out and return, = but the=20 packets lost somewhere. I think my config is just all hosed now. If = anyone has=20 done anything similar I would appreciate some advice.. also.. do I need = to be=20 setting the machine up as just a router or as a gateway as well? and = what system=20 should be the default router?

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