From owner-freebsd-newbies Fri Dec 28 7:38:29 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from smtp013.mail.yahoo.com (smtp013.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.173.57]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A223B37B425 for ; Fri, 28 Dec 2001 07:38:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from 24129137hfc39.tampabay.rr.com (HELO 1337g) (24.129.137.39) by smtp.mail.vip.sc5.yahoo.com with SMTP; 28 Dec 2001 15:38:23 -0000 Message-ID: <003601c18fb5$45522b30$0100a8c0@1337g> From: "AlCapone" To: "Annelise Anderson" Cc: "Scott Corey" , References: Subject: Re: adding freebsd box to home lan Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 10:35:24 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Good Morning Gentlemen, I want to clarify few things: first of all, besides my gateway (winxp, 192.168.0.1 && 12.34.56.78) and frebsd box (192.168.0.3) I have another pc (win98se 192.168.0.2) which is using winxp as it's gateway, so winxp is configured properly to allow sharing, so gateway problem are out of the way. I do want to point out though, that ifconfig -m ep0 gives me this (ep0 my 3com 3c509 nic with 2 physical exits, coax and tp): ifcoinfig -m ep0 (ep0 my network, 3com 3c509) ep0: flags=8843 mtu 1500 inet 192.168.0.3 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255 inet6 fe80::220:afff:fe58:e700%ep0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 ether 00:20:af:58:a7:00 media: Ethernet 10baseT/UTP supported media: media 10baseT/UTP media 10base5/AUI I have heard that there should be line 'status' right by 'media' and I am missing it. What are you opinions on missing 'status', how do I bring it up? On www.freebsddiary.org forums, Daniel Schrock, asked me to post my ifconfig -i and ifconfig -r results. I am not sure if they are of any use to find the problem, but just to be on the safe side here they're: netstat -i Name Mtu Network Address IpktsIerrsOpkrtsOerrs ep0 1500 00:20:af:58:e7:00 1664 0 184 183 ep 1500 192.168.0 gangster 491 - 183 - ep 1500 fe80:1::220 fe80:1::220:afff: 0 - 0 - lp* 1500 0 0 0 0 lo 16384 10 0 10 0 lo 16384 ::1 ::1 0 - 0 - lo 16384 fe80:3::1 fe80:3:1 0 - 0 - lo 16384 127 localhost 4 - 4 - ooo* 1500 0 0 0 0 sl0* 552 0 0 0 0 faith 1500 0 0 0 0 (last column - Coll - did not fit, but its exactly like last on in here - oerrs) netstat -r Routing tables Internet: Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Netif Expire default 1337g UGSc 0 0 ep0 localhost localhost UH 0 4 lo0 192.168.0 link#1 UC 2 0 ep0 1337g 0:50:ba:53:ef:a5 UHLW 2 187 ep0 942 gangster 0:20:af:58:e7:0 UHLW 0 6 lo0 Internet6: Destination Gateway Flags Netif Expire :: ::1 UGRSc lo0 ::1 ::1 UH lo0 ::ffff:0.0.0.0 ::1 UGRSc lo0 fe80:: ::1 UGRSc lo0 fe80::%ep0 link#1 UC ep0 fe80::220:afff:fe5 0:20:af:58:e7:0 UHL lo0 fe80::%lo0 fe80::1%lo0 Uc lo0 fe80::1%lo0 link#3 UHL lo0 ff01:: ::1 U lo0 ff02:: ::1 UGRSc lo0 ff02::%ep0 link#1 UC ep0 ff02LL%lo0 ::1 UC lo0 Again, there are my boxes in lan winxp-> 1337g -> 192.168.0.1 -> winxp gateway for freebsd win98se -> eugene -> 192.168.0.2 -> doesnt appear here, another lan box freebsd 4.4 -> gangster -> 192.168.0.3 -> freebsd box itself XP - 2 NICs 12.34.56.78 and 192.168.0.1 98 - 1 NIC 192.168.0.2 BSD - 1 NIC 192.168.0.3 Cable modem --- straight (no cross) ----> 12.34.56.78 192.168.0.1 --- straight ----> Hub (no uplink port) 192.168.0.2 --- straight ----> Hub (no uplink port) 192.168.0.3 --- straight ----> Hub (no uplink port) Bottom line: on other 2 forums, final reply was - "throw your junky nic away and buy something better, nowadays nobody uses 10baseT or exchange it with your win98". Might be a good idea to take my dlink from win98 and switch with freebsd's 3com, yet I hope there is something I could do, becuase some time ago when I was using slackware for few weeks I had had the same problem - loops back but doesn't work, and I did fix it somehow - too bad dont remember how exactly... Thanks for any help, guys, I appreciate that! cheers, AlCapone -------------------------------------------------------------------- What is difficult take time, what is impossible takes a little longer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Annelise Anderson" To: "Scott Corey" Cc: "AlCapone" ; Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 12:14 AM Subject: Re: adding freebsd box to home lan > On Thu, 27 Dec 2001, Scott Corey wrote: > > > You need to add the other boxes in /etc/hosts file on your FreeBSD box. > > However, It would be much better to use the FreeBSD box as a gateway and > > let the window boxes just be desktops, since that is about all they are > > good for. In the long run you will find that your FreeBSD box a much > > better gateway. > > > > Scott > > > > AlCapone wrote: > > > > > > Okie, I have just installed freebsd on one of my boxes > > > and I would like to add it to my home lan. I have read > > > handbook part about networking and it seems that my > > > configuration is fine. > > > > ... > > Definitely the FreeBSD box as the gateway is "better,", but > if you need to run Windows as the Internet connection, the > FreeBSD machine can get there through it--with a default > route of the internal interface on the Windows gateway. > However, you have to use either Windows connection sharing > (which may assign your other machines an IP address) or > you need a Windows program like Sygate (which is what I've > used) that basically does network address transalation > (and will also forward ports and the like, as well as > act as a DHCP server) on the Windows gateway. > > Annelise > > -- > Annelise Anderson > Author of: FreeBSD: An Open-Source Operating System for Your PC > Available from: BSDmall.com and amazon.com > Book Website: http://www.bittreepress.com/FreeBSD/introbook/ > > _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? 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