Thank you all, who have considered this message! I am learning BSD with 3 successful units. 1-100mhz pent. running 4.11 1-180mhz pent. running 5.4 and one 266mhz AMD running 5.4
I have learned the ins and outs of X, changing rc.conf and am quite good at reinstalling the system after a few "learning" adjustments. Just for fun and my own enjoyment in learning, I have now accepted the challenge of my own home network. I have been able to connect all boxes to my DSL router with DHCP and manual IP assignments and changed/setup NIC's with ifconfig. My reference materal is the Handbook from FreeBSD.org and "The Complete FreeBSD" by Greg Lehey. Now the problem! DSL is 192.168.1.1 - Box B has two NIC's rl0=192.168.1.100 netmask 255.255.255.0 and is connected only to 192.168.1.1 ping works/outside internet works. Box B second NIC rl1=172.16.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 and is connected to a standalone switch/router. Box A has one NIC eth0=172.16.1.35 and is connected to the standalone switch/router. Box A can ping 172.16.1.35 and 172.16.1.1 on box b. It can NOT ping 192.168.1.1 or access any outside internet. From Box B keyboard, I can ping 192.168.1.1/192.168.1.100/172.16.1.1/172.16.1.35 From Box A keyboard, I can ping only 172.16.1.35/172.16.1.1 I have tried ifconfig rl0 192.168.1.100 172.16.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 among many other configurations without success. From my reading, I think the error of my ways is in the Box B between nic rl0 and rl1. The data packets are not being forwarded from rl1 to rl0 or rl0 to rl1. Somewhere I have missed something. If anyone could point me in the correct direction, it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you Donald _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
