Date: Wed, 3 Jun 1998 11:53:16 +0200 (SAT) From: Johann Visagie <wjv@cityip.co.za> To: kathey@pobox.com (-kevin-) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Looking for a Gateway How-To Message-ID: <E0yhAEO-00008E-00@ns.cityip.co.za> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19980602170553.00920bc0@netmail.home.net> from -kevin- at "Jun 2, 98 05:05:53 pm"
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-kevin- wrote: > > How do you make a machine a gateway? [ ... ] > But if I try to 'ping', 'ftp', 'http' or anything else it just won't do it > and the 'tracert' (Windows NT name for 'traceroute') shows the packets > getting to the FreeBSD machine just fine, but then they never get any further. OK, let's start with the simplest possibility: Are you sure you enabled the FreeBSD kernel's IP forwarding facility? In "late model" FreeBSDs you can do that by simply setting one line in /etc/rc.conf: gateway_enable="YES" # Set to YES if this host will be a gateway. See sysctl(8) for more info. You shouldn't need to bother with routed or gated just to get a simple setup working - static routing should be fine. If the above doesn't work, then check your kernel's idea of the routing table with a "netstat -rn". Oh, and the IP address of the FreeBSD machines NIC must be the default gateway for all the internal machines. But I suppose that's already been set if their traceroute gets as far as your gateway box. -- V Johann Visagie | Email: wjv@CityIP.co.za | Tel: +27 21 419-7878 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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