Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 10:35:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Archie Cobbs <archie@dellroad.org> To: Sysadmin <freebsd@m2mtechnology.com> Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Packet routing Message-ID: <200010281735.e9SHZ5733979@curve.dellroad.org> In-Reply-To: <NEBBIONCAPPDEJNFIAEGEEHFCAAA.freebsd@m2mtechnology.com> "from Sysadmin at Oct 27, 2000 12:58:39 pm"
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Sysadmin writes:
> Can anyone tell us how to get FreeBSD to route packets? This should be an
> easy question, infact all the documentation that we have read says that
> FreeBSD should route packets simply by setting the line gateway_enable="YES"
> in rc.conf.
And, make sure if you've enabled the firewall code that packets
are allowed to flow.
> Could it be anything to do with the network number 10? Obviously this is in
No.. FreeBSD doesn't care about that.
> This is what our routing table looks like:
>
> Internet:
> Destination Gateway Flags Netif Expire
> default 203.36.202.65 UGSc ex0
> 10/16 link#1 UC vr0 =>
> 10.0.255.255 ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff UHLWb vr0
> 10.1/16 link#2 UC vr1 =>
> 10.2/16 link#3 UC vr2 =>
> 10.2.0.50 0:10:a4:1:db:18 UHLW vr2 1004
> 10.3/16 link#4 UC vr3 =>
> 10.4/16 link#5 UC vr4 =>
> 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 UH lo0
> 203.36.202.64/26 link#6 UC ex0 =>
> 203.36.202.65 0:c0:7b:73:19:c6 UHLW ex0 1019
> 203.36.202.80 52:54:0:e5:56:b UHLW ex0 359
Looks good. Check your firewall. Also, verify routing is really
being enabled:
$ sysctl net.inet.ip.forwarding
net.inet.ip.forwarding: 1
-Archie
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