Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 20:45:41 -0800 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Cheezy Vines" <chisoy@gmail.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: connecting a FreeBSD-4.10 to Internet using DSL with static ipaddress Message-ID: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNGELKFAAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <f4b5752a05031219045c054f3f@mail.gmail.com>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Cheezy Vines > Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2005 7:04 PM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: connecting a FreeBSD-4.10 to Internet using DSL with static > ipaddress > > > 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. > If that is the kind of DSL connection you have then in FreeBSD it is just as easy. > 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 FreeBSD: > 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. > That doesen't help us because the manual for this DSL router/modem is not online, we can't know what this light does. Have you set your default gateway IP address? Please post the contents of your /etc/rc.conf Ted
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