From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 29 17:21:12 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 332A21065672 for ; Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:21:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from james@colannino.org) Received: from gateway06.websitewelcome.com (gateway06.websitewelcome.com [67.18.55.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0E9B8FC17 for ; Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:21:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gateway06.websitewelcome.com (Postfix, from userid 5007) id 3FE26743FEFCA; Thu, 29 Dec 2011 11:21:11 -0600 (CST) Received: from gator1823.hostgator.com (gator1823.hostgator.com [184.173.227.20]) by gateway06.websitewelcome.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 344CB743FEFAA for ; Thu, 29 Dec 2011 11:21:11 -0600 (CST) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (port=57315 helo=localhost) by gator1823.hostgator.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RgJfD-0001pA-2w; Thu, 29 Dec 2011 11:21:11 -0600 Received: from 69.12.176.48 ([69.12.176.48]) by gator1823.hostgator.com (Horde Framework) with HTTP; Thu, 29 Dec 2011 11:21:11 -0600 Message-ID: <20111229112111.1079640ol70p51u0@gator1823.hostgator.com> Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 11:21:11 -0600 From: james@colannino.org To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20111229014819.11102imhiognb9es@gator1823.hostgator.com> <4EFC2405.4080103@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <4EFC2405.4080103@infracaninophile.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; DelSp="Yes"; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) H3 (4.3.9) X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - gator1823.hostgator.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - colannino.org X-BWhitelist: no X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Source-Sender: (localhost) [127.0.0.1]:57315 X-Source-Auth: james@colannino.org X-Email-Count: 1 X-Source-Cap: Y3JhenlkcmM7Y3JhenlkcmM7Z2F0b3IxODIzLmhvc3RnYXRvci5jb20= Subject: Re: Static IP on a Bridge X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:21:12 -0000 Quoting Matthew Seaman : > What's the error message you see when you fail to ping out? ping: cannot resolve google.com: Host name lookup failure > What does the routing table (netstat -r) look like before and after DHCP? Before DHCP: Routing tables Internet: Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Netif Expire localhost link#11 UH 0 0 lo0 Internet6: Destination Gateway Flags Netif Expire :: localhost UGRS lo0 localhost localhost UH lo0 ::ffff:0.0.0.0 localhost UGRS lo0 fe80:: localhost UGRS lo0 fe80::%re0 link#5 U re0 fe80::6ef0:49ff:fe link#5 UHS lo0 fe80::%lo0 link#11 U lo0 fe80::1%lo0 link#11 UHS lo0 fe80::%tap0 link#13 U tap0 fe80::2bd:8aff:fe3 link#13 UHS lo0 fe80::%tap1 link#14 U tap1 fe80::2bd:8dff:fe3 link#14 UHS lo0 ff01::%re0 fe80::6ef0:49ff:fe U re0 ff01::%lo0 localhost U lo0 ff01::%tap0 fe80::2bd:8aff:fe3 U tap0 ff01::%tap1 fe80::2bd:8dff:fe3 U tap1 ff02:: localhost UGRS lo0 ff02::%re0 fe80::6ef0:49ff:fe U re0 ff02::%lo0 localhost U lo0 ff02::%tap0 fe80::2bd:8aff:fe3 U tap0 ff02::%tap1 fe80::2bd:8dff:fe3 U tap1 After DHCP: Routing tables Internet: Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Netif Expire default 192.168.1.1 UGS 0 0 bridge localhost link#11 UH 0 0 lo0 192.168.1.0 link#12 U 0 1 bridge 192.168.1.103 link#12 UHS 0 0 lo0 Internet6: Destination Gateway Flags Netif Expire :: localhost UGRS lo0 localhost localhost UH lo0 ::ffff:0.0.0.0 localhost UGRS lo0 fe80:: localhost UGRS lo0 fe80::%re0 link#5 U re0 fe80::6ef0:49ff:fe link#5 UHS lo0 fe80::%lo0 link#11 U lo0 fe80::1%lo0 link#11 UHS lo0 fe80::%tap0 link#13 U tap0 fe80::2bd:8aff:fe3 link#13 UHS lo0 fe80::%tap1 link#14 U tap1 fe80::2bd:8dff:fe3 link#14 UHS lo0 ff01::%re0 fe80::6ef0:49ff:fe U re0 ff01::%lo0 localhost U lo0 ff01::%tap0 fe80::2bd:8aff:fe3 U tap0 ff01::%tap1 fe80::2bd:8dff:fe3 U tap1 ff02:: localhost UGRS lo0 ff02::%re0 fe80::6ef0:49ff:fe U re0 ff02::%lo0 localhost U lo0 ff02::%tap0 fe80::2bd:8aff:fe3 U tap0 ff02::%tap1 fe80::2bd:8dff:fe3 U tap1 > What does your arp table look like (arp -a) before and after DHCP? Before DHCP: (nothing was printed to the screen) After DHCP: ? (192.168.1.1) at 4c:e6:76:50:86:f6 on bridge0 expires in 1190 seconds [bridge] ? (192.168.1.103) at 02:62:11:f0:35:00 on bridge0 permanent [bridge] I can see that something is definitely not right. Not sure how to fix /etc/rc.conf so that it will be setup correctly, though. Thank you for the help! James