Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 09:17:02 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Can't connect to DNS servers -- Firewall prob? Message-ID: <20021030091702.GD49354@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> In-Reply-To: <F170hBtUVGiywEZaLPr000086cc@hotmail.com> References: <F170hBtUVGiywEZaLPr000086cc@hotmail.com>
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On Wed, Oct 30, 2002 at 08:55:55AM +0000, C KH wrote:
> >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?
Just run:
route add default 12.34.56.78
obviously substituting the Router's IP...
There isn't any general way of applying changes in /etc/rc.conf to a
running system. You either have to work out what the commands are
that the rc.conf variables affect and run them by hand, or reboot.
Cheers,
Matthew
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