I took offense to your beginning of what I understand and don't understand. I apologize for not having thicker skin.
Still learning and will get there. Thanx for your help, and I will use your notes to get there from here (I hope anyway). --- Bill Moran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > W. J. Williams wrote: > > Bill Moran, > > > > New people to this stuff are very fortunate to have people like you > lend > > their expertise...especially to point out what we do and don't > > understand...the rest of you newbies out there, this guy is aces. > > > > Bill, please learn not to slam, but to help. > > Huh? > I spent a considerable amount of time crafting that reply. If it didn't > help, I apoligize. > > > > > Will > > > > --- Bill Moran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>W. J. Williams wrote: > >> > >>>why isn`t this working: > >>> > >>>1. I would like to configure a separate network on five freebsd > boxes. > >>> > >>>192.168.0 > >>>192.168.1 > >>>192.168.2 > >>>192.168.3 > >>>192.168.4 > >>> > >>> > >>>2. My DSL router has network 192.168.0, I also have one of my fbsd > >> > >>boxes > >> > >>>in this network (192.168.0.2) > >>> > >>>3. I can add the other machines to the 192.168.0 network, no > problem, > >>>using default router 192.168.0.1, broadcast 255.255.255.0, > >>> > >>>4. I tried to configure 192.168.2.1 on one box, using > >>>gateway_enable="YES", router_enable="YES", > >>>defaultrouter=192.168.2.1....doesnt work. > >>> > >>>what am i doing wrong in getting this box up and running? > >> > >>You don't understand routing. > >>If you ifconfig a box to be 192.168.2.1/24 and then set the default > >>router > >>to be 192.168.2.1: the machine sends all traffic not destined for > >>192.168.2.0/24 to itself to be routed. However, it didn't know how > >>to route the traffic the first time, thus it isn't going to work the > >>second time either. One good rule to remember is that a default > gateway > >>should always be a different machine, and one that has _more_ routing > >>capability that the one you're configuring. > >>If I understand your description correctly, the default gateway should > >>be 192.168.0.1 for all these machines. > >>I can only assume that you're configuring the system in such a manner > >>for experimental purposes, as I can see no reason for such a > >>configuration > >>in practice. > >>You leave netmasks off in your description, but I'm assuming that > you're > >>using /24 for everything. This means you'll have to put static routes > >>in > >>each machine to allow them to get to 192.168.0.1, as they'll have no > way > >>to automatically reach that machine. The default router will also > need > >>routes manually configured in order to be able to communicate back to > >>them > >>(unless it's running some sort of route discovery program). > >> > >>If you're not configuring the network like this for experimental > >>reasons, > >>then you're configuring it very poorly. A small network like you > >>describe should have all the machines on the same subnet: 192.168.0.2, > >>192.168.0.3, 192.168.0.4, etc > >> > >>-- > >>Bill Moran > >>Potential Technologies > >>http://www.potentialtech.com > >> > > > > > > > > ===== > > Will Williams > > > > > > > -- > Bill Moran > Potential Technologies > http://www.potentialtech.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message ===== Will Williams To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
