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Newbie needs help setting up gateway

Newbie needs help setting up gateway

Post by Eric Winge » Sat, 09 Jun 2001 11:31:52



I am using FreeBSD 4.0 and trying to use it as a gateway to the internet for
my windows 98 machine.  I printed up the tutorial on the FreeBSD.org website
and followed all the directions.  When I try to ping the windows 98 machine
I keep on getting host is down.  My IP Addresses in the FreeBSD machine is
as follows:
127.0.0.1        localhost
192.168.1.1    winger.my.domain  winger #FreeBSD box
192.168.1.2    user.my.domain  user     #windows machine

My ifconfig shows the ethernet card as xl0 (3com 3c905TX) with flags=8843
showing it is up.
My BIOS shows the 3com card as IRQ 9.
I have the host name as winger.my.domain.
I have also configured the file rc.conf to setup the network interfaces for
the loopback and ethernet card.

Can someone please give me some suggestions?  I have been learning FreeBSD
for a few weeks now and have been able to solve all my problems exept for
this one.


 
 
 
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Newbie needs help setting up gateway

Post by Christian Caro » Sat, 09 Jun 2001 12:14:57


I was in the same situation (FreeBSD 4.3 as a gateway for a Win 98 computer) and
found out everything I needed at the following website:

http://www.mostgraveconcern.com/freebsd/

It's a step-by-step instruction. Very interesting.

Eric Winger a crit :

> I am using FreeBSD 4.0 and trying to use it as a gateway to the internet for
> my windows 98 machine.  I printed up the tutorial on the FreeBSD.org website
> and followed all the directions.  When I try to ping the windows 98 machine
> I keep on getting host is down.  My IP Addresses in the FreeBSD machine is
> as follows:
> 127.0.0.1        localhost
> 192.168.1.1    winger.my.domain  winger #FreeBSD box
> 192.168.1.2    user.my.domain  user     #windows machine

> My ifconfig shows the ethernet card as xl0 (3com 3c905TX) with flags=8843
> showing it is up.
> My BIOS shows the 3com card as IRQ 9.
> I have the host name as winger.my.domain.
> I have also configured the file rc.conf to setup the network interfaces for
> the loopback and ethernet card.

> Can someone please give me some suggestions?  I have been learning FreeBSD
> for a few weeks now and have been able to solve all my problems exept for
> this one.




 
 
 
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Newbie needs help setting up gateway

Post by Dave Uhrin » Mon, 11 Jun 2001 12:00:14



> I am using FreeBSD 4.0 and trying to use it as a gateway to the internet
> for
> my windows 98 machine.  I printed up the tutorial on the FreeBSD.org
> website
> and followed all the directions.  When I try to ping the windows 98
> machine
> I keep on getting host is down.  My IP Addresses in the FreeBSD machine is
> as follows:
> 127.0.0.1        localhost
> 192.168.1.1    winger.my.domain  winger #FreeBSD box
> 192.168.1.2    user.my.domain  user     #windows machine

> My ifconfig shows the ethernet card as xl0 (3com 3c905TX) with flags=8843
> showing it is up.
> My BIOS shows the 3com card as IRQ 9.
> I have the host name as winger.my.domain.
> I have also configured the file rc.conf to setup the network interfaces
> for the loopback and ethernet card.

> Can someone please give me some suggestions?  I have been learning FreeBSD
> for a few weeks now and have been able to solve all my problems exept for
> this one.



Do you have those machines connected through a hub or with a direct
connection between them?

If you have no hub and have only a cable joining the 2 NIC's then you must
use a crossover cable.

 
 
 
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