On Tuesday 08 May 2007 11:40:58 am Gardner Bell wrote: > Hi all, > > I've been following the IPFW section in the handbook and /etc/rc.firewall > to try and setup a gateway for my home LAN but I'm having a bit of trouble > getting access to the internet. My network setup looks like so. > > 192.168.x.x bge1 - 192.168.x.x bge0 x.x.x.x > --LAN------------Switch---------FreeBSD-------------------------------ISP > > Bge0 successfully receives an IP from my ISP's DHCP server and I can ping > the LAN without any issues. When it comes to accessing the internet I get > a hostname lookup failure. > > Any help resolving this is greatly appreciated.
Do you have "gateway_enable=yes" in your /etc/rc.conf? (check the value of the net.inet.ip.forwarding sysctl). What DNS server is your LAN machine trying to use? Can you ping it (or anything else) by IP? JN _______________________________________________ freebsd-ipfw@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ipfw To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
