From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Sep 11 23:18: 4 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mailhost01.reflexnet.net (mailhost01.reflexnet.net [64.6.192.82]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 758AE37B42C for ; Mon, 11 Sep 2000 23:18:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from 149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com ([64.6.211.149]) by mailhost01.reflexnet.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.5.1877.197.19); Mon, 11 Sep 2000 23:16:57 -0700 Received: (from cjc@localhost) by 149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com (8.11.0/8.11.0) id e8C6I1l69186; Mon, 11 Sep 2000 23:18:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cjc) Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 23:17:56 -0700 From: "Crist J . Clark" To: brad waite Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: problems setting up a gateway Message-ID: <20000911231756.H69158@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com> Reply-To: cjclark@alum.mit.edu References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: ; from brad@wcubed.net on Mon, Sep 11, 2000 at 03:10:14PM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Sep 11, 2000 at 03:10:14PM -0600, brad waite wrote: > Hi guys, > > I've set net.inet.ip.forwarding->1 on my 4.0-R box, but it's not > running like a gateway between my nics. It was my impression that this > is all that's required to make an instant router. There's no messages > in syslog that indicate any problems. Do I need to build a new kernel > w/ipfw support? Other uggestions? No need for ipfw(8). Are the interfaces configured correctly and the routing table set? What do, # ifconfig # netstat -rn Return? Also, what are the symptoms of your troubles? What have you done to check if forwarding works and how does it fail? -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message