Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1997 11:41:01 -0400 (EDT) From: "Michael W. Lucas" <mwlucas@bigbrother.rust.net> To: randyk@ccsales.com (Randy A. Katz) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: problems with freebsd router Message-ID: <199708211541.LAA02459@bigbrother.rust.net> In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19970821073104.009186d0@ccsales.com> from "Randy A. Katz" at "Aug 21, 97 07:31:04 am"
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Randy, Been there, did that. Thanks, though. --ml > Excuse me if I'm wrong but: > > network_interfaces="vx0 vx1 lo0" # List of network interfaces (lo0 is > loopback). > ifconfig_vx0="inet 209.69.72.162 netmask 255.255.255.0" > ifconfig_vx1="inet (ipaddress for 2nd segment) netmask 255.255.255.0" > ifconfig_lo0="inet 127.0.0.1" # default loopback device configuration. > > Perhaps the above is not set? > > At 09:41 AM 8/21/97 -0400, Michael W. Lucas wrote: > >Hello, > > > >I'm trying to use a FreeBSD box (2.2.1) as a router between two different > >Ethernet segments. The second Ethernet card doesn't work properly. > > > >The Ethernet cards are 3C590s. I've rebuilt the kernel to allow vx1, and > >set gateway=yes in /etc/sysconfig, as per the mailing list archives. Both > >cards have IP addresses set in sysconfig, and routerflog is set to -s, per > >the man page. > > > >Upon boot, the machine recognizes both cards, i.e.: > > > >pedicular 9% ifconfig -a > >vx0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > > inet 209.69.72.162 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 209.69.72.255 > > ether 00:a0:24:ca:12:c8 > >vx1: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > > ether 00:20:af:f5:c4:0e > >lp0: flags=8810<POINTOPOINT,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > >lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384 > > inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 > >pedicular 10% > > > >Oddly, if I do "ifconfig vx1 up", the card comes up. I can manually > >assign it an IP address, but I get errors like: > > > >Aug 21 05:42:41 pedicular routed[67]: punt RTM_ADD without gateway > >Aug 21 05:42:41 pedicular routed[67]: write(rt_sock) RTM_ADD > 209.69.36.128/29 -- > >> 209.69.36.129: File exists > > > >Obviously, I'm don't quite know what I'm doing. Help? Please? > > > >Thanks, > >Michael > > > > >
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