From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 9 16:19:09 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 ADB3016A420 for ; Fri, 9 Sep 2005 16:19:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from deltaski@earthlink.net) Received: from vms046pub.verizon.net (vms046pub.verizon.net [206.46.252.46]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E96043D49 for ; Fri, 9 Sep 2005 16:19:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from deltaski@earthlink.net) Received: from [192.168.1.47] ([71.114.180.162]) by vms046.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2 HotFix 0.04 (built Dec 24 2004)) with ESMTPA id <0IMK00LVT5BVWZS0@vms046.mailsrvcs.net> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 09 Sep 2005 11:19:08 -0500 (CDT) Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2005 11:20:36 -0500 From: deltaski@earthlink.net In-reply-to: <4321A1AE.80802@scls.lib.wi.us> To: Greg Barniskis Message-id: <200509091120.36432.deltaski@earthlink.net> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline References: <200509090939.47357.deltaski@earthlink.net> <4321A1AE.80802@scls.lib.wi.us> User-Agent: KMail/1.7.2 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Home Network Setup Problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2005 16:19:09 -0000 On Friday 09 September 2005 09:52 am, you wrote: Answers to requested information: > deltaski@earthlink.net wrote: > > Thank you all, who have considered this message! > > > > I am learning BSD with 3 successful units. 1-100mhz pent. running 4.11 > > 1-180mhz pent. running 5.4 and one 266mhz AMD running 5.4 > > > > I have learned the ins and outs of X, changing rc.conf and am quite good > > at reinstalling the system after a few "learning" adjustments. > > > > Just for fun and my own enjoyment in learning, I have now accepted the > > challenge of my own home network. I have been able to connect all boxes > > to my DSL router with DHCP and manual IP assignments and changed/setup > > NIC's with ifconfig. My reference materal is the Handbook from > > FreeBSD.org and "The Complete FreeBSD" by Greg Lehey. > > > > Now the problem! > > > > DSL is 192.168.1.1 - Box B has two NIC's rl0=192.168.1.100 netmask > > 255.255.255.0 and is connected only to 192.168.1.1 ping works/outside > > internet works. > > Box B second NIC rl1=172.16.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 and is connected to > > a standalone switch/router. > > Is it a switch, is it a router, or is it really both (high end > thingy like Cisco 35xx?). Probably it is just a plain old switch > with no routing capabilities. To avoid confusion, you should call it > what it is. > Oh my, sorry. It is an 8-port 10/100Mbps Ethernet Switch! How does that change anything? > > Box A has one NIC eth0=172.16.1.35 and is connected to the standalone > > switch/router. Box A can ping 172.16.1.35 and 172.16.1.1 on box b. It can > > NOT ping 192.168.1.1 or access any outside internet. > > > >>From Box B keyboard, I can ping > > > > 192.168.1.1/192.168.1.100/172.16.1.1/172.16.1.35 > > > >>From Box A keyboard, I can ping only 172.16.1.35/172.16.1.1 > > > > I have tried ifconfig rl0 192.168.1.100 172.16.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 > > among many other configurations without success. > > > >>From my reading, I think the error of my ways is in the Box B between nic > >> rl0 > > > > and rl1. The data packets are not being forwarded from rl1 to rl0 or rl0 > > to rl1. Somewhere I have missed something. If anyone could point me in > > the correct direction, it would be greatly appreciated. > > At a guess, I think what you are missing is to put > > gateway_enable="YES" Oh, my sorry! gateway_enable="YES" is in rc.conf! > > into rc.conf of box B (between the Internet router and the inside > network switch). Otherwise it will not hand packets from one network > to another. However, you probably do NOT want to enable that without > also enabling and configuring firewall features on this box as well, > for which I will refer you to RTFM (the Really Tremendously Fine > Manual ;). > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/firewalls.html > Oh, my sorry! There is no firewall to complicate the setup. (By the way, I do know what RTFM means.) > If you already have gateway and firewall functions going, does the > inside box (A) have box B's 172 addr set as its default gateway > router? If not, then it does not know to send packets destined for > other networks in that direction for processing. If yes, is your > firewall configured so tight that it's killing the packets you'd > like to forward? Oh, my sorry! Yes, the default gateway is set and I have no firewall to complicate matters. Donald