Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2018 09:23:07 -0600 From: Gary Aitken <freebsd@dreamchaser.org> To: B J <va6bmj@gmail.com> Cc: Erich Dollansky <freebsd.ed.lists@sumeritec.com>, Chris Gordon <freebsd@theory14.net>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Problems Connecting Laptop To Modem Message-ID: <b6413411-b864-01a4-bfd0-ec9ff6f4d11d@dreamchaser.org> In-Reply-To: <CAP7QzkPg%2BmQCEePf_DVZCuwybL3MLcNXAgfp1yRETk0qR50BhA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAP7QzkM7QnymxoOz_ZEUebaOMcE%2BwWmpv7sz6-SzjC0BHG6LCA@mail.gmail.com> <20180613102426.3874c581.freebsd.ed.lists@sumeritec.com> <CAP7QzkM0FdUMwtG3TDtW11T-ZTQ8QC2p6qHWn2BjEjPC8jXG9w@mail.gmail.com> <20180613162137.5cc6794a.freebsd.ed.lists@sumeritec.com> <CAP7QzkOzK=7u5Vf0FLdiz6f1%2BSbhme3RpF9MpYUoAJLqTH15qw@mail.gmail.com> <3E3890A6-72F9-4D80-A021-837FFDB35A39@theory14.net> <CAP7QzkNK2qfAL=2-og5oyAY9KLuYVXCfbZ_akbWoEP-xwCP%2BJw@mail.gmail.com> <20180614093928.6f39434e.freebsd.ed.lists@sumeritec.com> <CAP7QzkN6jtukm-ieWEaPsuo6bCTJh0xLdJYOdALVUs6fgSJtwg@mail.gmail.com> <20180614161923.5246ae81.freebsd.ed.lists@sumeritec.com> <CAP7QzkPL5732dh3%2BVmbT6mXxkiYGjUOgiHvUwWBJRk2VJK-y2w@mail.gmail.com> <20180615102548.1c686d1b.freebsd.ed.lists@sumeritec.com> <CAP7QzkODpMCy1TNRpC_-oVmatXE7V1h%2BZEds1R%2B2UCFCu76C%2BA@mail.gmail.com> <ef7f1a05-68c7-c787-5d73-c9848e30acf3@dreamchaser.org> <CAP7QzkPg%2BmQCEePf_DVZCuwybL3MLcNXAgfp1yRETk0qR50BhA@mail.gmail.com>
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On 06/15/18 14:49, B J wrote: > On 6/15/18, Gary Aitken <freebsd@dreamchaser.org> wrote: >> You can't just add the default router line without a bit of knowledge >> about what the IP address of the default router actually is. Do you >> know what the 192.168.0.* address for the router is? I suggested >> 192.168.0.1 because that is often the default, but not necessarily so. > > I eventually found that 192.168.0.1 was the value from one of my tower > machines. I tried other values for the last number as well and got > the same result. > >> >>> That might be worth considering, but I don't have to do it with my >>> other FreeBSD machines. >> >> Can you post the result of "netstat -rn" from one of those other >> machines? > > <snip> > > Routing tables > > 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. Gary
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