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Date:      Tue, 4 Jul 2000 04:31:14 +0000 (   )
From:      Joel Eusebio <joel@tilapia.pang.pworld.net.ph>
To:        cjclark@alum.mit.edu
Cc:        Christoph Sold <so@server.i-clue.de>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: gateway
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.3.95.1000704042912.2113A-100000@tilapia.pang.pworld.net.ph>
In-Reply-To: <20000703194450.A268@dialin-client.earthlink.net>

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I've checked the rules that are activated by executing an ipfw list and I
get a allow ip from any to any. Based on my understanding this should
allow everything to pass through my freebsd box

------------------->jOEl
 

On Mon, 3 Jul 2000, Crist J. Clark wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 04, 2000 at 01:14:46AM +0000, Joel Eusebio wrote:
> > I just want my FreeBSD box to be a gateway to the internet. I've set
> > firewall_type to "open" to avoid any kind of restrictions but when I do a
> > traceroute from one of my workstations who's gateway is the freebsd box I
> > get all * * *. I have disabled natd since I won't be needing translation
> > coz all the IP's I'm using are live. I've checked the
> > /etc/defaults/rc.conf file and copied some of(what I think are important)
> > to the /etc/rc.conf file but still the Freebsd box won't act as a gateway.
> > What did I miss??? Thanks for your support.
> 
> Some hints as to those lines that you thought were important that you
> put in /etc/rc.conf would really help.
> 
> Can the FreeBSD gateway talk to other machines. Can the machines on
> your subnet talk directly to the FreeBSD machine?
> -- 
> Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@alum.mit.edu
> 



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