Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 14:49:59 +0200 From: Bernd Walter <ticso@mail.cicely.de> To: Sridhar M <sridharm@in.ceeyes.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [Fwd: Help me regarding IP forwarding] Message-ID: <20010831144959.B27270@cicely20.cicely.de> In-Reply-To: <3B8E49C8.6685EC17@in.ceeyes.com>; from sridharm@in.ceeyes.com on Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 07:42:24PM %2B0530 References: <3B8E49C8.6685EC17@in.ceeyes.com>
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On Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 07:42:24PM +0530, Sridhar M wrote: > fxp0 : ip : 10.1.6.160/24 > fxp1: ip 10.1.6.161/24 > default gateway : ip : 10.1.6.1 > gateway and routed was enabled . routed is for dynamic routing (RIP). You don't need it if you are doing static routing. > our setup is freebsd system having two ethernet cards... one ethenet > card is connected to one host and another ehternet card is connected to > another host k, now i am unable to ping from one host to another host > thru these ethernet cards. these two hosts and free BSD system are in > the same network. You have the same network (10.1.6.0/24) in two physicaly splitted ethernet segements. Either use different networks or don't expect them to route. There are other possibilities such as NAT or bridging, but I doubt that's what you really want to do. > so that was the problem, is it possible with freeBSD ? if yes , what I guess you are missing some basic knowledge about TCP/IP routing. I would suggest you to buy a good book and learn. > could be the neceessary things to be take care? what are all the steps i > have to follow to make this packet forwrding enable? please help me, i > will be greateful to u for your response....... You simply requesting an impossible thing. It's much easier to tell you right if you would explain your intentions. -- B.Walter COSMO-Project http://www.cosmo-project.de ticso@cicely.de Usergroup info@cosmo-project.de To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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