Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 13:50:00 -0500 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Alvaro_J._Gurdi=E1n?= <AJGurdian@lanoticia.com> To: FreeBSD-Questions Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: cannot ping anything Message-ID: <3782a16465b4e0bec305f4b151acc8fe@lanoticia.com> In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20060120123154.025c07c0@mail.computinginnovations.com> References: <cd62a5bbe1b0b8ee16c82232b697f3d6@lanoticia.com> <6.0.0.22.2.20060120123154.025c07c0@mail.computinginnovations.com>
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thanks, but the defaultrouter line was already present in my=20 /etc/rc.conf. On Jan 20, 2006, at 1:32 PM, Derek Ragona wrote: > Check your /etc/rc.conf for this line: > defaultrouter=3D"192.168.1.1" > > add it and reboot if it is missing > > -Derek > > > At 12:26 PM 1/20/2006, Alvaro J. Gurdi=E1n wrote: >> Yesterday I placed an HD with Freebsd 5.3 release in a Dell Dimension=20= >> L800CXE. It booted properly. ( since it's running a generic kernel=20= >> with only a name change) >> >> However I could not ping anything inside or outside the LAN. >> Ex: >> ping google.com >> ping: cannot resolve google.com: Hostname lookup failure >> >> ping 192.168.1.1 >> ping: sendto: No route to host >> >> I tried several addresses inside the LAN, 127.0.0.1, localhost,=20 >> 192.168.1.128, and all gave the same result. >> >> I was previously using this HD in another machine to test IPF, with=20= >> NAT also, and it worked peerfectly there. >> >> >> So just to be safe I erased the contents of /etc/rc.conf, and then=20 >> used sysinstall to bring up my NIC. I chose NO for IPv6, and YES=20 >> for DHCP. >> >> That seemed to work correctly, just to be sure I ran ifconfig: >> dc0: flags=3D108843<UP,BROACAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTIPLY> MTU 1500 >> options=3D8<VLAN_MTU> >> inet 192.168.1.128 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255 >> ether 00:80:ad:81:1a:9f >> media: Ethernat autoselect (100baseTX) >> status: active >> plip0: flags=3D108810<POINTOPOINT,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 >> lo0: flags=3D8049<UP,LOOPBACK,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 >> inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 >> >> Still, things are looking good; so, I go to another box, log into my=20= >> router(192.168.1.1), and I can see the MAC address of the BSD box on=20= >> my router. >> >> >> However, I still get the same results when I ping as I did above. >> >> Then I checked the routing tables: >> >> netstat -r >> Routing Tables >> >> Internet: >> Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Netif=20= >> Expire >> default 192.168.1.1 UGS 0 6 =20= >> dc0 >> localhost localhost UH =20= >> 1 37 lo0 >> 192.168.1 link#1 UC 0 =20= >> 0 dc0 >> 192.168.1.1 00:0c:41:bd:49:7d UHLW 1 0 dc0 =20= >> 695 >> 192.168.1.128 localhost UGHS 0 0 =20= >> lo0 >> >> The output of netstat and ifconfig aboe are from today. I began=20 >> having this problem yesterday, and left the box on over night. =20 >> Yesterday's output was different in that the BSD box had a different=20= >> IP address, 192.168.1.122. That is fine I understand that the box is=20= >> communicating with the router and negotiating leases when they=20 >> expire. However, why has the gateway to 192.168.1.1 changed from=20 >> link#1 to the MAC address of my router. I am certain that if I=20 >> restart the computer that same gateway will revert to link#1. >> >> The my questions are: >> How do I get the system to see others in the network, and vice-versa? >> What should the gateway for 192.168.1.1 be?(which also happens to be=20= >> my routers address) >> >> >> I am hoping it is something simple. I could just as have easily=20 >> reinstalled the system and started from scratch, but I wanted to know=20= >> how to solve this problem. >> >> Other info that might help: >> less /etc/rc.conf >> ifconfig_dco=3D"DHCP" >> hostname=3D"fw.company.com" >> defaultrouter=3D"192.168.1.1" >> >> less /etc/resolv.conf >> search carolina.rr.com >> nameserver 24.25.5.60 >> naemserver 24.25.5.61 >> >> less /etc/hosts >> ::1 localhost.company.com localhost >> 127.0.0.1 localhost.company.com localhost >> >> Thanks in advance >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to=20 >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to=20 > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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