In response to Arindam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: [snip]
> > >From the FreeBSD box, can you ping the loopback address: 127.0.0.1, if > > so, can you ping your ip address: 10.0.0.101. If so, can you ping your > > gateway? Did you set a gateway in /etc/rc.conf? > > loopback: Yes I can ping it. > > 10.0.0.101: Yes again I can ping it. But I set this as the gateway. I > just got two home PCs connected to each other over a 5-port switch > with. 10.0.0.100 and 10.0.0.101 (this one). I set this as the gateway > because a while later when I hook this to the web, this will be the > box. And I might add a couple of more boxes to this network at best. Don't do that. It may be the cause of your problem -- in any case, it's incorrect. Leave the system without a gateway if you don't have one. > I did not set a gateway in /etc/rc.conf. I configured the whole thing > using sysinstall and a couple of times after that using ifconfig (ip > addr and netmask). If you did it via sysinstall, then it was written to rc.conf. > > defaultrouter="your gateway ip address" # Set to default > > gateway (or NO). > > But I guess whatever the method, such an entry would have been written > to rc.conf. Yes. -- Bill Moran Collaborative Fusion Inc. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
