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Date:      Sat, 30 Nov 2002 09:18:37 +0100
From:      Martin Stiemerling <Martin.Stiemerling@ccrle.nec.de>
To:        Lewis Watson <lists@visionsix.com>
Cc:        freebsd-net <freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD Gateway Question / Problem
Message-ID:  <3DE8745D.8030201@ccrle.nec.de>
References:  <005d01c297dc$6939f340$a977ca41@yogi>

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Hi Lewis,

sounds like your linux computers on your old network have a wrong 
routing entry. If you can reach any other machine (bsd to windows, 
windows to bsd, ...) the linux perhaps have a wrong default gateway.

Martin

Lewis Watson wrote:
> Hello,
> I am currently trying to add another /24 network to my existing network with
> a FreeBSD machine as the gateway to it. Currently, I have a /24 network
> connected to the Internet w/ a cisco router. I have specified to the cisco
> router that the new /24 network is connected to 192.168.0.14, which is the
> external ip address of the bsd gateway machine. The internal ip address for
> that machine is 192.168.1.1. which is what I have specified to all systems
> on
> the new network as the gateway.
> 
> I thought I had everything exactly the way it should be, except that
> specifically my Linux machines on the old network cannot find the new
> network at all. My windows machines on the old network can find the new
> network. The bsd machines on the old network can find the new network. Other
> non-Linux machines on the Internet can find the new network. The machines on
> the new network can find everything but the linux machines on the old
> network. It appears that only Linux machines cannot figure out where the new
> network is and I am not so sure that I have set up the bsd gateway properly.
> Its only one static route that has to be added so I think that routed and
> certainly gated is overkill.
> 
> Please tell me what I need other than to specify enable_gateway="YES". I
> have tried enable_firewall="YES" and set it to "open" but yet I still am
> having these problems. What do I need to add here to get this going?
> Thanks.
> Lewis
> 
> 
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