I have a Freebsd 5.1 box connected to the internet. It works. But I am now trying to network two other Win XP machines as per the following network hierarchy:
<><><> Setup <><><> ISP-> DSL Modem -> FreeBSD box : 1) "vr0" 192.168.0.1 [Gateway machine address] 2) "ed0" 192.168.0.3 [Internal Network address] connects to:-> 4- port HUB -> 1)WinXP machine #1 192.168.0.2 2)Freebsd Box 192.168.0.3 3)WinXP machine #2 192.168.0.4 <><><> Problem: <><><> I cannot communicate to the Internet from WinXP #2 (Have not tried to config WinXP #1 yet). <><><> Browser Config <><><> IE Brower Settings for WinXP #2 {Tools>Internet Options>Connections>) -I set the browser so that it never dials a connection because it is suppose to be networked right? - in the LAN Settings option, I set the Proxyserver option with the address of the gateway of 192.168.0.1 with Port 80 <><><> Dialouge <><><> >From Freebsd Machine # ping 192.168.0.4 PING 192.168.0.4 (192.168.0.4): 56 data bytes ping: sendto: Host is down ping: sendto: Host is down -at one point I was able to ping the freebsd machine from WinXP #2 but then for some reason, I made a change and cannot ping anymore... <><><> RC.CONF <><><> My rc.conf file looks like this: font8x14="NO" font8x16="swiss-8x16" font8x8="swiss-8x8" inetd_enable="YES" linux_enable="YES" moused_enable="YES" moused_port="/dev/psm0" moused_type="auto" nfs_client_enable="YES" nfs_server_enable="YES" rpcbind_enable="YES" saver="rain" scrnmap="NO" usbd_enable="YES" ifconfig_vr0="DHCP" ifconfig_ed0="DHCP" ##initialise NIC network_interfaces="vr0 ed0 lo0 tun0" ifconfig tun0 ifconfig vr0= "media 10baseT/UTP up" ifconfig_ed0="inet 192.168.0.3 netmask 255.255.0.0" ifconfig_vr0="inet 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.0.0" hostname="myserver" ##User ppp configuration ppp_enable="YES" ppp_mode="ddial" ppp_nat="NO" ppp_profile="bellnet" #ppp_user="root" ## Firewall gateway_enable="YES" firewall_enable="YES" firewall_type="OPEN" #firewall_quiet="NO" firewall_script="/etc/rc/firewall" natd_enable="YES" natd_interface="vr0" natd_flags="redirect_port tcp 192.168.0.3:80 80" rpc_statd_enable="YES" tcp_extensions="YES" ## Mail sendmail_enable="YES" <><><><><><><> HELP! Thanks in advance. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"