From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 13 04:27:55 2005 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 6EC6816A4CF for ; Sun, 13 Mar 2005 04:27:55 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rproxy.gmail.com (rproxy.gmail.com [64.233.170.197]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C747243D41 for ; Sun, 13 Mar 2005 04:27:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from xmisoy@gmail.com) Received: by rproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id r35so1353061rna for ; Sat, 12 Mar 2005 20:27:51 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=AJz4OGc6zKuLRQJbT3qVJeIaGMqPJDXw13eTF8B5w5TUwDrl5cdXDMBXFzRXbQWbnZmE0E/S70zOCd2Y4JCDsCAE+3RfbPsisyIfdeXcFPnE96tN+MtaNsNTtHAAikw96w6xJNSFIlZRjuGwhtH6VeJN/Gw9Dgvq8T0dPXP16Nc= Received: by 10.38.24.17 with SMTP id 17mr3959078rnx; Sat, 12 Mar 2005 19:27:51 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.39.1.44 with HTTP; Sat, 12 Mar 2005 19:27:51 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <36f5bbba05031219277b6e539c@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 19:27:51 -0800 From: "Edwin D. Vinas" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable References: Subject: Fwd: connecting a FreeBSD-4.10 to Internet using DSL with static ip address X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Edwin D. Vinas" List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 04:27:55 -0000 Hello everyone! I have a FreeBSD-4.10 machine and a newly connected DSL with static ip address. The DSL connection setup uses an ADSL modem (SMC7901BRA) which has 1 connection to my phone line and 1 connection to my LAN card using UTP cable. In Windows XP setup, the process of setting up Internet is just as easy as configuring the TCP/IP prpoerties with the static ip address given to me and other details such as gateway, dns, subnet mask etc. My machine has a dual-boot WinXP and FreeBSD-4.10. As I've said above, I can easily connect to the Internet using the WinXP. But, I want to try FreeBSD to connect to the Internet, but it doesn't work. Here's what I did to test if I can connect to Internet via DSL using FreeBS= D: 1. Reboot or boot to FreeBSD-4.10 2. Login as root 3. /stand/sysinstall to assign IP address, gateway, and dns 4. Reboot machine to make sure new IP settings take effect 5. Do an ifconfig and see that the IP settings are correct 6. I can ping my own IP address (static IP address of the DSL assigned by my ISP) 7. When I try to ping the ISP's given gateway, I receive "ping to: Host is down". 8. Seeing the modem status, the "LAN" and "SYNC" signals are up but the "DATA" is off. I have tried searching the net with FreeBSD+DSL but all I can read is about "PPPoE" which requires a "username" and "password" which I don't have. My DSL account is an "always on" account with a static IP address and I guess it doesnt have a username/password for connection to the ISP. Does FreeBSD need to detect my DSL modem if it is connected to the NIC using a UTP cable connected to the modem? Here's my setup: [DSL modem]<--------->[DSL Provider] (provides static IP address) | | | [FreeBSD's LAN card] Here's the modem's technical description: https://secure.quicksolve.com.au/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=3D&products= _id=3D2991 http://sg.hardwarezone.com/priceguide/info.php?cid=3D113&id=3D11104 Does anybody has an experience connecting FreeBSD to a DSL with a static IP address and has similar setup above? Actually my real purpose is to use FreeBSD as LAN gateway using the DSL connection. But I wanna try first connecting the FreeBSD machine as a stand-alone PC which uses the simple setup above. If this setup works, the gateeway setup will surely work too. Thank you very much! --=20 -- Edwin D. Vi=F1as http://www.geocities.com/edwin_vinas/ IN THE WORLD OF SCIENCE, NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE. --