Problems Connecting Laptop To Modem

[Erich Dollansky]

On Thu, 14 Jun 2018 16:48:32 +0000
B J <va6bmj at gmail.com> wrote:

> <snip>
> 
> > we are coming closer. Your machine has no connection to the outside
> > world. You could add it manually. It would be better to find the
> > root cause and eliminate it.
> >
> > Can you copy /etc/rc.conf into your answer?  
> 
> <snip>
> 
> hostname="VA6BMJ"
> ifconfig_nfe0="inet 192.168.0.12 netmask 255.255.255.0"

if you have this line, you have to have a line like this:

defaultrouter="192.168.0.xxx"

where the address has to be the address of the router this machine is
connected to.

A hostname entry would be nice too but I think it will not affect this
problem. 

Erich