In response to "Alaor Barroso de Carvalho Neto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Sorry my english skills, I'm brazilian and I'm not very familiar with the > language, but I'm gonna try to explain it clearly: > > LINUX SERVER > private network 192.168.1.1 > external network x.x.x.x > > FREEBSD SERVER > private network 192.168.1.240 > external network x.x.x.x > > DNS SERVER > private network 192.168.1.2 > > The LINUX machine is the network gateway, I want the FREEBSD to be the > gateway, so I tested the freebsd machine configuring some clients manually > to use the 192.168.1.240 as gateway, 3 machines, everything worked. So I > thought: time to replace the linux server. So I turned off the linux machine > and changed the ip of freebsd to 192.168.1.1, just it, and then it stop > working, it can resolv dns for some seconds and then stop. Something I've > noticed, when it's not the network gateway in fact, with just some machines > using it as gateway, the return of netstat -r is ok, with the routes of the > machines accessing it, the active conections, if I just change the ip and > turn off the LINUX machine, the netstat -r return me no routes at all. > Pretty strange. > > My nameserver is just > searchdomain xxxx.xxxx.xxxx.xxxx > nameserver 192.168.1.1 You've pointed the FreeBSD machine at itself for DNS. Do you have a DNS server running on this system? If not, you need to point it at a valid DNS server. If routes are missing then something is configured wrong. If you'd post the contents of /etc/rc.conf, it's more likely that we could provide more detailed assistance. -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
