From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 20 22:02:58 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 5ED2816A4CE for ; Sun, 20 Mar 2005 22:02:58 +0000 (GMT) Received: from internet.potentialtech.com (h-66-167-251-6.phlapafg.covad.net [66.167.251.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B21043D31 for ; Sun, 20 Mar 2005 22:02:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Received: from localhost (pa-plum-cmts1e-68-68-113-64.pittpa.adelphia.net [68.68.113.64]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by internet.potentialtech.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6400D69A40; Sun, 20 Mar 2005 17:02:57 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 17:02:56 -0500 From: Bill Moran To: Augusto Cesar Message-Id: <20050320170256.2b3b2e10.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <423DEB5B.3090506@gmail.com> References: <423DEB5B.3090506@gmail.com> Organization: Potential Technologies X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.0.1 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.3) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Invalid Gateway IPv4 Address Specified X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 22:02:58 -0000 Augusto Cesar wrote: > Hi, i'm installing FreeBSD on my desktop, almost everything went fine, > except when i try to setup my connection. > > The scenario: a static-ip, a direct connection to a router (which i do > NOT have ANY control over it) and a outside DNS server. When trying to > enter the gateway ip (10.0.0.9) through sysinstall, a box appears on the > screen: Invalid Gateway IPv4 Address Specified. > > And that's it. Therefore i've tried including defaultrouter="10.0.0.9" > in /etc/rc.conf, and restarted net, my computer still excluded from > outside world. What is your IP address/netmask? What's the output of 'netstat -rn'? Not enough information to be sure, but my first guess (based on the source code for sysinstall) is that you're specifying an IP for the gateway that is not reachable based on the IP/netmask for the interface. For example: If your IP/netmask is 172.16.0.1/255.255.255.0, then the system has no way to reach 10.0.0.9. If that's not the problem, the I suggest collecting some more detailed information and posting again. -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com