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. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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