In the continuing saga of my firewall configuration... One kind member of this list suggested I must compile this into my kernel:
options IPDIVERT So I did that, and it made a difference though it didn't solve the problem. Previously, whenever I started ppp, if I attempted to ping I would get this error message: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> ping slashdot.org ping: cannot resolve slashdot.org: Host name lookup failure Now when I ping, I get no response - no error messages, but no other feedback. I think this is an improvement, but something is still preventing me from getting a response from ppp. To reiterate, this is everything I've done so far: FROM /etc/rc.conf: firewall_enable="YES" firewall_script="/etc/rc.firewall" firewall_type="simple" natd_enable="YES" natd_interface="ppp0" FROM /etc/rc.firewall: # set these to your outside interface network and netmask and ip oif="ppp0" onet="168.95.0.0" omask="255.255.255.255" oip="168.95.0.0" # set these to your inside interface network and netmask and ip iif="vr0" inet="192.168.0.0" imask="255.255.255.0" iip="192.168.0.2" Kernel recompile: options IPDIVERT CONTENT OF /etc/hosts: # ::1 localhost localhost.utopia.com 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.utopia.com # 192.168.0.3 ibm.utopia.com ibm 192.168.0.2 sonic.utopia.com sonic 192.168.0.1 pro.utopia.com pro I also used sysinstall to designate this machine as a gateway. Was that the right thing to do? thanks for all the advice so far, still hoping, Robert _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"