From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Oct 30 0:55:57 2002 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 0A9F737B401 for ; Wed, 30 Oct 2002 00:55:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from hotmail.com (f170.law10.hotmail.com [64.4.15.170]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C609A43E77 for ; Wed, 30 Oct 2002 00:55:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dubbified@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Wed, 30 Oct 2002 00:55:55 -0800 Received: from 66.135.144.9 by lw10fd.law10.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Wed, 30 Oct 2002 08:55:55 GMT X-Originating-IP: [66.135.144.9] From: "C KH" To: simon1@simon1.net Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't connect to DNS servers -- Firewall prob? Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 08:55:55 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 30 Oct 2002 08:55:55.0695 (UTC) FILETIME=[286EABF0:01C27FF2] Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >What you want is the "defaultrouter" -- That tells the system where packets >should be directed that aren't for the local LAN. (IE: anything not in >192.168.x.x) > >in rc.conf, add: >defaultrouter="0.0.0.0" > >change 0.0.0.0 to point to the SMC Router's IP (It's acting as a "gateway" >for your network, if you check the setup of your other systems you'll >probably find that their default routes/gateway are pointing to this >router. I added that link to /etc/rc.conf. Is there a way to reload this file without rebooting? _________________________________________________________________ Unlimited Internet access -- and 2 months free!  Try MSN. http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/plans/2monthsfree.asp To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message