From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 14 20:01:59 2004 Return-Path: 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 5609B16A4CE for ; Fri, 14 May 2004 20:01:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lakermmtao09.cox.net (lakermmtao09.cox.net [68.230.240.30]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6EF8B43D4C for ; Fri, 14 May 2004 20:01:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from micheal@tsgincorporated.com) Received: from router.caverns.us.eu.org ([68.227.96.223]) by lakermmtao09.cox.netESMTP <20040515030156.VUSO24928.lakermmtao09.cox.net@router.caverns.us.eu.org>; Fri, 14 May 2004 23:01:56 -0400 Received: from dredster (dredster.rcservers.com [192.168.1.2]) i4F31vtW027430; Fri, 14 May 2004 22:01:57 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from micheal@tsgincorporated.com) Message-ID: <01dc01c43a29$05021830$0201a8c0@dredster> From: "Micheal Patterson" To: "Dave Wiebe" , References: <20040514220200.93062.qmail@web21325.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 21:54:14 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Subject: Re: hw-loopback X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 15 May 2004 03:01:59 -0000 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Wiebe" To: Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 5:02 PM Subject: hw-loopback > Hi, > > I am trying to get my freebsd machine to access the internet but, I can only get the machine to ping itself. Everytime I try to ping outside the machine I get "no route found". I believe my problem lies in the configuration of the ethernet card. Running ifconfig shows me that everthing is there but instead of , it says . > > I was successfully running windows on this machine and it did access the internet, so I know the problem lies somewhere in the configuration. The version of FreeBSD is 5.2. > > Any help is appreciated > > Sincerly > > David > > David, it sounds like you simply don't have a gateway route assigned to the system. Try running netstat -ran and see if you show a default route in your routing table. -- Micheal Patterson TSG Network Administration 405-917-0600 Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message.