What you want is the defaultrouter -- That tells the system where packets
should be directed that aren't for the local LAN. (IE: anything not in
192.168.x.x)
in rc.conf, add:
defaultrouter=0.0.0.0
change 0.0.0.0 to point to the SMC Router's IP (It's acting as a gateway
for your network, if
I added that link to /etc/rc.conf. Is there a way to reload this file
without rebooting?
Not AFAIK. You can get the same result by manually loading the route:
route add default 0.0.0.0
where 0.0.0.0 is the SMC router's IP addy.
That worked!! I added the route to my SMC router and now DNS
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Subject: Re: Can't connect to DNS servers -- Firewall prob?
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 13:57:08 -0500 (EST)
Make sure your box has permission to connect /to/ these systems. The rules
below allow the DNS servers to send things *to* your box
Okay, I think I follow your setup here. Have you tried allow any from any
-- just to see if it works? I'm wondering if it might not be another
setting causing the problem -- What's your gateway set to on the FreeBSD
box? Usually its the defaultrouter variable in rc.conf.
Okay, i took your
