how to config FBSD pc to work on non-dhcp lan

[Andrew L. Gould]

On Tuesday 20 January 2004 02:27 pm, fbsd_user wrote:
> Have FBSD gateway connected to internet with private Lan behind it.
> Manually configured an MS/Windows on Lan.
> Now trying to add FBSD PC to Lan.
>
> Put ifconfig statement in rc.conf to assign PC it's Lan IP address.
> Loaded resolv.conf  with IP address of ISP's DNS server.
> Can ping gateway and Lan Windows box.
> Gateway and Lan windows box has public access.
> FBSD Lan PC can not ping Public Internet ip address or resolve
> domain names.
> Ping to public internet ip address get msg   sendto  no route to
> host
> 10.0.10.0/29 is the Lan subnet. Gateway is 10.0.10.2. Windows box is
> 10.0.10.5.
> The ifconfig display on both the gateway and FBSD lan box show the
> correct
> assigned IP address and broadcast ip address of 10.0.10.7 just like
> what I expected.
>
> What other config files need to be configured on the FBSD Lan PC to
> get it
> to communicate through the gateway to the public internet?
>
> This is what I has so far on the FBSD Lan PC
>
> rc.conf
> clear_tmp_enable="YES"
> moused_enable="YES"
> moused_port="/dev/psm0"
> moused_type="auto"
> moused_flags="-m 2=3"
>
> allscreens_flags="-m on -c blink -h 200"
> saver="warp"
> hostname="gateway.fbsdjones.com"
> ifconfig_dc0="inet 10.0.10.1 netmask 255.255.255.248"
>
> resolv.conf
> nameserver 68.168.240.2
>
> The gateway's rc.conf has
> ifconfig_dc0="inet 10.0.10.2  netmask 255.255.255.248"

The new FreeBSD PC's /etc/rc.conf needs the following line:
defaultrouter="10.0.10.2"

Best of luck,

Andrew Gould