From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 29 05:12:47 2008 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 8824216A41A for ; Tue, 29 Jan 2008 05:12:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perryh@pluto.rain.com) Received: from agora.rdrop.com (agora.rdrop.com [199.26.172.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6452F13C47E for ; Tue, 29 Jan 2008 05:12:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perryh@pluto.rain.com) Received: from agora.rdrop.com (66@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by agora.rdrop.com (8.13.1/8.12.7) with ESMTP id m0T5Cg3B023661 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:12:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from perryh@pluto.rain.com) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by agora.rdrop.com (8.13.1/8.12.9/Submit) with UUCP id m0T5CgYq023660; Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:12:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from fbsd61 by pluto.rain.com (4.1/SMI-4.1-pluto-M2060407) id AA03323; Mon, 28 Jan 08 21:09:03 PST Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:05:00 -0800 From: perryh@pluto.rain.com To: derek@computinginnovations.com Message-Id: <479eb3fc.XaySZrS3Bv99YOz6%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <7c7927920801281329n609abb8ah63a18f1afb56099d@mail.gmail.com> <20080128214202.GO41095@hal.rescomp.berkeley.edu> <7c7927920801281518h5adfb91dta827fcae39ebc09a@mail.gmail.com> <7c7927920801281538g66f00cd5v6ebd9ff01ff3c83@mail.gmail.com> <6.0.0.22.2.20080128175226.024f3e50@mail.computinginnovations.com> In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20080128175226.024f3e50@mail.computinginnovations.com> User-Agent: nail 11.25 7/29/05 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Network configuration in FreeBSD 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: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 05:12:47 -0000 > You need to set the default gateway in /etc/rc.conf. Without a > default gateway, you will need to add a default route with the > route command. > > Without a route your machine will only be able to ping itself. Unless something has changed dramatically -- and fairly recently -- a machine that knows its own IP address and netmask should be able to ping anything on the same subnet as itself (an interface being implicitly a route to any other IP address on the same subnet).