connecting a FreeBSD-4.10 to Internet using DSL with static ipaddress

[Ted Mittelstaedt]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Cheezy Vines
> Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2005 7:04 PM
> To: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> Subject: connecting a FreeBSD-4.10 to Internet using DSL with static
> ipaddress
> 
> 
> Hello everyone!
> 
> I have a FreeBSD-4.10 machine and a newly connected DSL with static ip
> address. The DSL connection setup uses an ADSL modem (SMC7901BRA) 
> which has 1 connection to my phone line and 1 connection to my LAN
> card using UTP cable. In Windows XP setup, the process of setting up
> Internet is just as easy as configuring the TCP/IP prpoerties with the
> static ip address given to me and other details such as gateway, dns,
> subnet mask etc.
> 

If that is the kind of DSL connection you have then in FreeBSD it is
just as easy.

> My machine has a dual-boot WinXP and FreeBSD-4.10. As I've said above,
> I can easily connect to the Internet using the WinXP. But, I want to
> try FreeBSD to connect to the Internet, but it doesn't work.
> 
> Here's what I did to test if I can connect to Internet via DSL 
> using FreeBSD:
> 1. Reboot or boot to FreeBSD-4.10
> 2. Login as root
> 3. /stand/sysinstall to assign IP address, gateway, and dns
> 4. Reboot machine to make sure new IP settings take effect
> 5. Do an ifconfig and see that the IP settings are correct
> 6. I can ping my own IP address (static IP address of the DSL assigned
> by my ISP)
> 7. When I try to ping the ISP's given gateway, I receive "ping to:
> Host is down".
> 8. Seeing the modem status, the "LAN" and "SYNC" signals are up but
> the "DATA" is off.
> 

That doesen't help us because the manual for this DSL router/modem is
not online, we can't know what this light does.

Have you set your default gateway IP address?

Please post the contents of your /etc/rc.conf

Ted