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Date:      Mon, 1 Apr 2002 09:00:06 +1000 (EST)
From:      Steven Goodwin <steve@cit.gu.edu.au>
To:        Philip Pereira <info@wintellect.co.uk>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Gateway setup problem
Message-ID:  <Pine.GSO.3.96.1020401085647.352B-100000@kurango.cit.gu.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <000e01c1d8f6$bc7197c0$bc9801d4@wintellect.com>

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You need to have a line in your gateway's rc.conf that reads
gateway_enable="YES"
that should set things up fine next time you reboot.  If you don't feel
like rebooting, try
sysctl net.inet.ip.forwarding=1
at the command line.

Good luck
Steve

On Sun, 31 Mar 2002, Philip Pereira wrote:

> Hey brainy people of FreeBSD,
> 
> I am having great trouble setting up a gateway. Here's what I have and how
> it's set up:
> 
> Box 1 (The server - and the one I want as the gateway)
> hostname : freeserver.wintellect.com
> IP address : 192.168.1.1
> OS : FreeBSD
> 
> Box 2 (The working box)
> hostname : freework.wintellect.com
> IP address : 192.168.1.2
> OS : FreeBSD
> 
> I can connect to the Internet on Box1 using:
> 
> bash> ppp -nat
> ppp> dial papchap
> 
> which gives me a tunnel connection (tun0) by default, and then I use
> netscape navigator. Box2 has a line in the /etc/rc.conf file to define the
> default router as follows:
> defaultrouter="192.168.1.1"
> 
> The problem is that Box2 can't connect to the internet via Box1 - where am I
> going wrong?
> 
> The 'netstat -r' command from Box1 when it is connected to the internet is
> as follows:
> 
> Internet:
> Destination        Gateway                       Flags      Refs     Use
> Netif     Expire
> default               10.0.0.2                        UGSc      0         0
> tun0
> 10.0.0.2             213-48-248-201.cro    UH          2         0
> tun0
> localhost             localhost                       UH          1
> 26       lo0
> 192.168.1           link#1                           UC          2         0
> de0
> freework              <network card no.>     UHLW     32       32       de0
> 1087
> 192.168.1.255     ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff                    UHLWb   1         5
> de0
> 
> PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!  AM GOING MAD!!!
> 
> Many thanks in advance
> 
> Phil.
> 
> 
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