Weird Problem...

[Peter Elsner]

Thanks, that's my next attempt.  I don't have NAT running right now,
but didn't think it was required unless I have the firewall enabled.
I usually enable that after I get everything else up and running.



At 03:21 PM 11/19/2003, you wrote:

>On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 10:13:37 -0600
>Peter Elsner <peter at sri-software.com> wrote:
>
> > Okay, I have a really weird problem.
> >
> > Running FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE (just installed it from CD).
> >
> > It's a basic gateway setup with 2 NIC cards.
> > I've done this set up a hundred times and have never seen this before.
> >
> > DSL modem (with static IP address) goes into one NIC card (dc0).
> > Status is active, and from the gateway box, I can ping out to the world.
> >
> > Second NIC (dc1) is connected to a hub, with internal IP 192.168.0.1.
> >
> > DHCP is running and assigning IP addresses to workstations.
> >
> > Workstation is WinXP Professional, and it is set to obtain IP and DNS
> > automatically.
> > This works, I do get an IP address of 192.168.0.240 (the dhcp range is 50
> > to 240).
> > I have DNS, if I look at network settings, the DNS IP addresses contained
> > in the /etc/resolv.conf
> > and the dhcpd.conf file from the server are there.
> >
> >  From the workstation (a dos prompt), I can connect to the server at
> > 192.168.0.1 and I can ping the server.
> > Which means I have a connection.
> >
> > But I can't ping the outside world or connect anywhere else to the outside
> > from the workstation.
> > I have tried both by host name and IP addresses, so DNS issues can be 
> ruled
> > out.
> >
> > Also, from the server, I can ping the workstation, (192.168.0.240) and it
> > responds...
> >
> > tracert yahoo.com (from dos prompt), goes to the server 192.168.0.1 and
> > then says it
> > can not go any further.  Almost like the DSL modem is preventing from
> > anything going out,
> > unless it comes directly from the server.
> >
> > Right now, I can only connect up to 4 workstations to a Netopia 4 port DSL
> > router.
> >
> > But I have 2 other workstations to connect, and can't do that until I can
> > get this issue
> > resolved.
> >
> > Has anyone ever seen this problem before?
>
>If you can't get out side of the lan, what comes to mind is that you are not
>running nat on the gateway or do not have the gateway set on the windows 
>box...
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