Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 19:47:07 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@3-cities.com> To: John Johnson <ioann_j@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Accessing FreeBSD Gateway from Another FreeBSD Machine Message-ID: <3969392B.6B33B4FD@3-cities.com> References: <20000710023521.23690.qmail@web4101.mail.yahoo.com>
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John Johnson wrote: > > Kent, > > Thanks for the quick response. I cleaned out a lot of > deadwood from rc.conf on both machines, verified > defaultrouter (set to external gateway IP address on > the gateway machine and internal gateway IP address on > the client), and added a second nameserver to > resolv.conf for both machines. No dice. Any other > suggestions? I do have all 5 of my machines in the hosts files on all systems. This includes each version of Windows that I multi-boot and FreeBSD. Kent > > Thanks, > John > > --- Kent Stewart <kstewart@3-cities.com> wrote: > > > > > > John Johnson wrote: > > > > > > I've built a FreeBSD machine which I am using as a > > > gateway and firewall. I have no problem pinging > > the > > > gateway machine and accessing the Web from a > > Windows > > > 2000 laptop which I have sitting behind the > > firewall, > > > but I am unable to do either from a second FreeBSD > > > box, which also sits behind the firewall and on > > which > > > I would like to run Samba and Apache. I am, > > however, > > > able to connect to the Web when I plug directly > > into > > > my DSL router, which is how I installed FreeBSD, > > so I > > > know the NIC is working. > > > > > > I know that I'm probably missing something > > glaringly > > > obvious, but I can't seem to figure out what. I've > > > also tried with Linux with the same results. Be > > happy > > > to post netstat and/or route output if someone can > > > steer me in the right direction. > > > > Sounds like you didn't add a > > "defaultrouter="IP_FBSD_Machine"" into > > your /etc/rc.conf. Depending on how you have things > > setup there may be > > other settings. I have a static IP and specify my > > ISP's DNS servers in > > resolv.conf. > > > > Kent > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance for the help, > > > John Johnson > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Get Yahoo! Mail – Free email you can access from > > anywhere! > > > http://mail.yahoo.com/ > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body > > of the message > > > > -- > > Kent Stewart > > Richland, WA > > > > mailto:kstewart@3-cities.com > > http://www.3-cities.com/~kstewart/index.html > > FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ > > > > Bomber dropping fire retardant in front of Hanford > > Wild fire. > > http://www.3-cities.com/~kstewart/bomber.jpg > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get Yahoo! Mail – Free email you can access from anywhere! > http://mail.yahoo.com/ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kstewart@3-cities.com http://www.3-cities.com/~kstewart/index.html FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ Bomber dropping fire retardant in front of Hanford Wild fire. http://www.3-cities.com/~kstewart/bomber.jpg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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