From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 27 20:59:27 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 501C116A4CE for ; Tue, 27 Jan 2004 20:59:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from eyre.southern.net.au (eyre.southern.net.au [202.182.64.147]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79EE443D58 for ; Tue, 27 Jan 2004 20:59:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from m.b.richardson@keypoint.com.au) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by eyre.southern.net.au (Postfix) with SMTP id 8827D260E; Wed, 28 Jan 2004 15:59:20 +1100 (EST) Received: from tuxs72keus8c70 (ppp005.hbt.southcom.com.au [203.55.91.5]) by eyre.southern.net.au (Postfix) with SMTP id 8D2CCA434C; Wed, 28 Jan 2004 15:59:18 +1100 (EST) From: "Martin and Belinda Richardson" To: "Luke Kearney" Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 16:00:07 +1100 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6700 In-Reply-To: <20040128105152.F0F5.LUKEK@meibin.net> cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Default route problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 04:59:27 -0000 Hi Luke, thanks for the reply. I would have thought that rc.conf was the place to look, but maybe not the only place... Here is a copy of netstat -rn Routing tables Internet: Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Netif Expire default 192.168.55.8 UGSc 1 0 vx0 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 UH 0 2 lo0 192.168.55 link#1 UC 1 0 vx0 192.168.55.1 00:a0:24:b3:c9:b6 UHLW 2 3840 lo0 in the bootup display (not available from DMESG), it says it is adding a default route, just as if you were doing it manually. I know it is no problem to "route delete default" and this works fine, but all it takes is a reboot, and Im back to square one! The person I am building the gateway for is not un*x savvy, and he justs wants something that sits quietly in the corner. Sooner or later he will probably reboot... Thanks again. Cheers, Martin -----Original Message----- From: Luke Kearney [mailto:lukek@meibin.net] Sent: Wednesday, 28 January 2004 12:54 PM To: Martin and Belinda Richardson Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Default route problem On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 12:54:08 +1100 "Martin and Belinda Richardson" granted us these pearls of wisdom: > Hi everyone, > I am having a problem with a gateway I am building for a friend. I have > initially set the box up on my home network and have set this box to use my > gateway temporarily while I fetch some ports etc. Now that I have removed it > from my network, and edited /etc/rc.conf to set it up to act as a gateway, > it STILL sets the default route to my old gateway. I cant find any config > file that says "add default route" or anything. I have not set defaultroute > in /etc/rc.conf, and it is set to "NO" in /etc/defaults/rc.conf! > If I use /stand/sysinstall to configure the interface, I notice that there > is a value already there for the ipV4 gateway (my gateway). deleting this > here does not work. There must be a file somewhere that I have not seen > causing me the trouble. Please help! > AFAIK the only place you need to make changes is /etc/rc.conf then either reboot or sh /etc/netstart and you should be good to go. You could manually add that route though whilst the machine is up, # route add default 192.168.X.X and that should be OK too. what is the output of netstat -rn ? HTH LukeK --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.564 / Virus Database: 356 - Release Date: 19/01/2004 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.564 / Virus Database: 356 - Release Date: 19/01/2004