From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mon Jun 18 17:31:02 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E61F11014AEC for ; Mon, 18 Jun 2018 17:31:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from va6bmj@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ua0-x236.google.com (mail-ua0-x236.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400c:c08::236]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7A53268FB3 for ; Mon, 18 Jun 2018 17:31:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from va6bmj@gmail.com) Received: by mail-ua0-x236.google.com with SMTP id c23-v6so11212828uan.3 for ; Mon, 18 Jun 2018 10:31:01 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=UVft0ZdrqAKyBLEjLDeXeSWWzqV70VKeOFhdQCmlQZw=; b=U9DqpvUPcnr4AmtqR1Ywhb3WrHMUDkS5j3ZFKiiZDEaUl5i0wfnKV7SYtM55lyNctl d0DAqaqfxlDSN8OyqGgUztQ5FFIdSUJxuMNFFDgoh6jSQs5YBWZUF2yjFGMh4jFdv+H3 zhOOJlH4fVAQOHdsWGP6UM5tA2ba7ln7BFfYZmqpzYUkNOQ6L9e38EbAOv/KZsBzsF1L LywQpPqA3Ee9tNAoXeeRkkGEEJXrRhW+GCAs86HzrhcyJcz1Y5KzDwzXkVBesbx6R+TT 5y/2kmv28ymuoAl9SVKBNXh7T+FSjG2njP1O3d+LSYUjyPlLsOOJZ5YweFuR0hIXtn6h XhFg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=UVft0ZdrqAKyBLEjLDeXeSWWzqV70VKeOFhdQCmlQZw=; b=ovsD799RkXg6O6AltKHEV7hDhxG2W0aYXDSLlakhhBOw0zeIZyUzof5J+ke6hZNonm Eov/rDDltxPEoOgy4eHZjNyhKWdY5kgNR2V4iuJkwNGHATHdI9A2B0C0N/97QZ1cezs5 CDgTcLWDJDE8E5OOeHVokikBHgKSxwluZyES0O3g2SEIxTk4HiUEzmCPhhFt+TxcH7Ri ROuovu/HC5sI09DbkBZKFTbrQBg2rOPQBPwj/PuF4Fejclw7lm+vTCiBIS2+NK8+K9gZ 98BxklBeJSCjF8hp6Y6EKmgpNdHGSw2Cb2R37INRPRdtZU/hxCHrLuHsowkvmcVevtFj 7fhw== X-Gm-Message-State: APt69E3/Nybbfp4L6gJb5F4sEvugQiuJOeFy1/+2KjQfGw7jsmSXrS2o +lBk0c+wwnaTI3ZXvUa2NgtJD3BOX0MUHFMqM24= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ADUXVKL6sqDiB5QQfk5yTghDu4TmIp1rNwV/VZO2mKULj5KWjXfx/zksYtWUj/fjIs9+oD8jbMflbFktiCvv8TwTuyU= X-Received: by 2002:ab0:2085:: with SMTP id r5-v6mr8212223uak.71.1529343060450; Mon, 18 Jun 2018 10:31:00 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 2002:ab0:46e:0:0:0:0:0 with HTTP; Mon, 18 Jun 2018 10:30:59 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <20180613102426.3874c581.freebsd.ed.lists@sumeritec.com> <20180613162137.5cc6794a.freebsd.ed.lists@sumeritec.com> <3E3890A6-72F9-4D80-A021-837FFDB35A39@theory14.net> <20180614093928.6f39434e.freebsd.ed.lists@sumeritec.com> <20180614161923.5246ae81.freebsd.ed.lists@sumeritec.com> <20180615102548.1c686d1b.freebsd.ed.lists@sumeritec.com> From: B J Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2018 17:30:59 +0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Problems Connecting Laptop To Modem To: freebsd@dreamchaser.org Cc: Erich Dollansky , Chris Gordon , freebsd-questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2018 17:31:02 -0000 On 6/18/18, Gary Aitken wrote: >> Internet: >> Destination Gateway Flags Netif Expire >> default 192.168.0.1 UGS fxp0 >> 127.0.0.1 link#2 UH lo0 >> 192.168.0.0/24 link#1 U fxp0 >> 192.168.0.12 link#1 UHS lo0 > > This looks like the routing table for the machine which is not working, > with the default set to 192.168.0.1. If you run "netstat -rn" > from one of the machines which *is* working (as suggested above), it > should show a default route with the IP address of the actual router. > That is the IP address you need to use on the machine which is not working. I just ran netstat -rn on the FreeBSD tower I'm running now and the default address is identical. I checked the ISP's webpage for the modem that that's the address it uses as well. I tinkered with the laptop this past weekend and I found the following: - the machine won't connect with the modem when even when running a liveCD version of FreeBSD (both 10 and 11)--all attempts to ping a URL failed - the machine updates the file: /var/db/dhclient.leases.nfe0 but it doesn't add anything - as a test, I created a backup of that file, deleted the original, and found that the machine will still create and write to it, but doesn't add anything - the last update of that file roughly corresponds to the time and date when I connected that modem A while ago, I installed FreeBSD 10.x on an old IBM ThinkPad and I was successfully send pings to the same URL as before. This is becoming interesting.... BMJ