Hi Everyone ... thanks for your help thus far.  I've
made some changes below.  [I have Not made all the
changes that you've kindly suggested but enough that I
am able to ping back and forth ...  if I have ignored
your suggestion and you still see a gapping error,
please feel free to reinterate, I won't hold it again
you!]

OK, the changes  ...  
-I got rid of the ifconfig_vr0
-I set ifconfig_ed0 to 192.168.0.1 (where as _vr0 was
initially set as the gateway)
- I tried pinging from Freebsd to 192.168.0.4 the
WinXP #2 machine. and got through!
- I tried pinging from the WindXP #2 to itself at
192.168.0.4 andit got through.  
- I tried pinging from the WindXP #2 to ed0 at
192.168.0.1 andit got through!

BUT I still cannot get the WIN XP webbrowser to read
the internet. 

 What is wrong?

I think that the 
natd_flags="redirect_port tcp 192.168.0.3:80 80"
should be:
natd_flags="redirect_port tcp 192.168.0.1:80 80"
I will try changing this and see what happends....

I have include the revised RC.CONF below:

[...]
        font8x14="NO"
        font8x16="swiss-8x16"
        font8x8="swiss-8x8"
        inetd_enable="YES"
        linux_enable="YES"
        moused_enable="YES"
        moused_port="/dev/psm0"
        moused_type="auto"
        nfs_client_enable="YES"
        #nfs_server_enable="YES"
        rpcbind_enable="YES"
        saver="rain"
        scrnmap="NO"
        usbd_enable="YES"
        ifconfig_vr0="DHCP"
         
##initialise NIC
        network_interfaces="vr0 ed0 lo0 tun0"
        ifconfig tun0
        ifconfig vr0= "media 10baseT/UTP up"
        ifconfig_ed0="inet 192.168.0.1  netmask 255.255.0.0"
        #ifconfig_vr0="inet 192.168.0.1  netmask 255.255.0.0"
        hostname="myserver"

##User ppp configuration
        ppp_enable="YES"
        ppp_mode="ddial"
        ppp_nat="NO"
        ppp_profile="bellnet"
        #ppp_user="root"


## Firewall
        gateway_enable="YES"
        firewall_enable="YES"
        firewall_type="OPEN"
        #firewall_quiet="NO"
        firewall_script="/etc/rc/firewall"
        natd_enable="YES"
        natd_interface="vr0"
        natd_flags="redirect_port tcp 192.168.0.3:80 80"
        rpc_statd_enable="YES"
        tcp_extensions="YES"

## Mail
        sendmail_enable="YES"

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This is what my ifconfig looks like:
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ed0:
flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu
1500
        inet 192.168.0.1 netmask 0xffff0000 broadcast
192.168.255.255
        inet6 fe80::280:c8ff:fede:c937%ed0 prefixlen
64 scopeid 0x1
        ether 00:80:c8:de:c9:37
vr0:
flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu
1500
        inet6 fe80::20e:a6ff:fe9c:c81d%vr0 prefixlen
64 scopeid 0x2
        inet 0.0.0.0 netmask 0xff000000 broadcast
255.255.255.255
        ether 00:0e:a6:9c:c8:1d
        media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX
<full-duplex>)
        status: active
lp0: flags=8810<POINTOPOINT,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu
1500
lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu
16384
        inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
        inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4
        inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
tun0: flags=8051<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu
1492
        inet 6X.9X.11X.3X --> 6X.23X.25X.12X netmask
0xffffffff
        Opened by PID 222

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Also, a small problem --->  I have a webserver running
on the Freebsd box but everytime I reboot, I get a new
IP address(from above:  6X.9X.11X.3X).  The fixed IP
address always seems to be: 6X.23X.25X.12X.  However,
I have my domain name set to redirect towardsthe
dynamic address so everytime I reboot, I have to tell
the DNS server that holds my domain name my new IP
address.  Is there a way to configure it so that I
don't have to continuously change the IP address on
the DNS?

Should I just get rid of the line: 
ifconfig_vr0="DHCP"
and set the DNS to 6X.23X.25X.12X?  Would that do the
trick?  Or should I get rid of ifconfig_ed0="DHCP"?

Thanks again


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MY original Post
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I have a Freebsd 5.1 box connected to the internet. 
It works.  But I am now trying to network two other
Win XP machines as per the following network
hierarchy:

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Setup
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ISP-> DSL Modem -> FreeBSD box :
1) "vr0" 192.168.0.1 [Gateway machine address] 
2) "ed0" 192.168.0.3 [Internal Network address]
connects to:->

4- port HUB ->
1)WinXP machine #1 192.168.0.2
2)Freebsd Box 192.168.0.3
3)WinXP machine #2 192.168.0.4

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Problem:
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I cannot communicate to the Internet from WinXP #2 
(Have not tried to config WinXP #1 yet).

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Browser Config
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IE Brower Settings for WinXP #2 {Tools>Internet
Options>Connections>)
-I set the browser so that it never dials a connection
because it is suppose to be networked right?
- in the LAN Settings option, I set the Proxyserver
option with the address of the gateway of 192.168.0.1
with Port 80

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Dialouge
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>From Freebsd Machine
# ping 192.168.0.4
PING 192.168.0.4 (192.168.0.4): 56 data bytes
ping: sendto: Host is down
ping: sendto: Host is down

-at one point I was able to ping the freebsd machine
from WinXP #2 but then for some reason, I made a
change and cannot ping anymore...

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RC.CONF
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My rc.conf file looks like this:
        font8x14="NO"
        font8x16="swiss-8x16"
        font8x8="swiss-8x8"
        inetd_enable="YES"
        linux_enable="YES"
        moused_enable="YES"
        moused_port="/dev/psm0"
        moused_type="auto"
        nfs_client_enable="YES"
        nfs_server_enable="YES"
        rpcbind_enable="YES"
        saver="rain"
        scrnmap="NO"
        usbd_enable="YES"
        ifconfig_vr0="DHCP"
        ifconfig_ed0="DHCP"

##initialise NIC
        network_interfaces="vr0 ed0 lo0 tun0"
        ifconfig tun0
        ifconfig vr0= "media 10baseT/UTP up"
        ifconfig_ed0="inet 192.168.0.3  netmask
255.255.0.0"
        ifconfig_vr0="inet 192.168.0.1  netmask
255.255.0.0"
        hostname="myserver"

##User ppp configuration
        ppp_enable="YES"
        ppp_mode="ddial"
        ppp_nat="NO"
        ppp_profile="bellnet"
        #ppp_user="root"

## Firewall
        gateway_enable="YES"
        firewall_enable="YES"
        firewall_type="OPEN"
        #firewall_quiet="NO"
        firewall_script="/etc/rc/firewall"

        natd_enable="YES"
        natd_interface="vr0"
        natd_flags="redirect_port tcp 192.168.0.3:80
80"

        rpc_statd_enable="YES"
        tcp_extensions="YES"

## Mail

        sendmail_enable="YES"

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HELP!

Thanks in advance.

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