Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 09:49:22 -0500 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: routing problem Message-ID: <20071121094922.8e364a1d.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <2949641c0711210644y3ffe8d19ub409b581971e2b1d@mail.gmail.com> References: <2949641c0711210609xc9fcb89t8217cd0995d1c86b@mail.gmail.com> <474440FC.5090901@ibctech.ca> <2949641c0711210644y3ffe8d19ub409b581971e2b1d@mail.gmail.com>
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In response to "Alaor Barroso de Carvalho Neto" <alaorneto@gmail.com>: > Sorry my english skills, I'm brazilian and I'm not very familiar with the > language, but I'm gonna try to explain it clearly: > > LINUX SERVER > private network 192.168.1.1 > external network x.x.x.x > > FREEBSD SERVER > private network 192.168.1.240 > external network x.x.x.x > > DNS SERVER > private network 192.168.1.2 > > The LINUX machine is the network gateway, I want the FREEBSD to be the > gateway, so I tested the freebsd machine configuring some clients manually > to use the 192.168.1.240 as gateway, 3 machines, everything worked. So I > thought: time to replace the linux server. So I turned off the linux machine > and changed the ip of freebsd to 192.168.1.1, just it, and then it stop > working, it can resolv dns for some seconds and then stop. Something I've > noticed, when it's not the network gateway in fact, with just some machines > using it as gateway, the return of netstat -r is ok, with the routes of the > machines accessing it, the active conections, if I just change the ip and > turn off the LINUX machine, the netstat -r return me no routes at all. > Pretty strange. > > My nameserver is just > searchdomain xxxx.xxxx.xxxx.xxxx > nameserver 192.168.1.1 You've pointed the FreeBSD machine at itself for DNS. Do you have a DNS server running on this system? If not, you need to point it at a valid DNS server. If routes are missing then something is configured wrong. If you'd post the contents of /etc/rc.conf, it's more likely that we could provide more detailed assistance. -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com
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