download cvsup?

Tim Dunphy bluethundr at gmail.com
Thu Oct 28 15:32:00 UTC 2010


thanks for the suggestion! but the other machines on this network do
not use the FreeBSD machine as a router. They merely reference it as
their first choice of DNS servers. So as of now networking is good to
go for all machines.

best!!

On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 2:32 AM, Michael Powell <nightrecon at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Tim Dunphy wrote:
>
>> hey listers!! sorry for all the trouble.. just as an FYI it turned out
>> to NOT be a DNS issue at all!!!
>>
>>  it was a routing issue...
>>
>> this command apparently did the trick...
>>
>> [root at LBSD2:/usr/home/bluethundr]#/etc/rc.d/routing restart
>> add net default: gateway 192.168.1.1
>>
>> [root at LBSD2:/usr/home/bluethundr]#ping google.com
>> PING google.com (173.194.33.104): 56 data bytes
>> 64 bytes from 173.194.33.104: icmp_seq=0 ttl=55 time=14.083 ms
>> 64 bytes from 173.194.33.104: icmp_seq=1 ttl=55 time=14.537 ms
>> 64 bytes from 173.194.33.104: icmp_seq=2 ttl=55 time=14.531 ms
>>
>>
>> sometimes it's the simplest solutions under our noses. :)
>>
>
> Sorry for not getting back any sooner, went camping in the mountains for a
> bit. Glad to hear it is resolved. The above is accomplished via this:
>
> defaultrouter="192.168.1.1"  in your /etc/rc.conf.
>
> If you are using this machine as a gateway for the other machines and it is
> between your FIOS router and the other machines, the defaultrouter value for
> the other machines would point to the gateway box's internal facing address.
>
> -Mike
>
>
>
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