Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2018 10:48:57 -0600 From: Gary Aitken <freebsd@dreamchaser.org> To: B J <va6bmj@gmail.com>, Erich Dollansky <freebsd.ed.lists@sumeritec.com> Cc: Chris Gordon <freebsd@theory14.net>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Problems Connecting Laptop To Modem Message-ID: <ef7f1a05-68c7-c787-5d73-c9848e30acf3@dreamchaser.org> In-Reply-To: <CAP7QzkODpMCy1TNRpC_-oVmatXE7V1h%2BZEds1R%2B2UCFCu76C%2BA@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>
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On 06/14/18 22:08, B J wrote: > <snip> > >>> hostname="VA6BMJ" >>> ifconfig_nfe0="inet 192.168.0.12 netmask 255.255.255.0" >> >> if you have this line, you have to have a line like this: >> >> defaultrouter="192.168.0.xxx" >> >> where the address has to be the address of the router this machine is >> connected to. >> >> A hostname entry would be nice too but I think it will not affect this >> problem. > > <snip> > > That didn't change anything after I added the line to rc.conf. 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. > 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? Gary
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