There is something in the sysctl.conf file (I think that is the name) 
that has to be set to 1...  I will have to look later.  I am busy now. 
 It is in the OpenBSD docs.

Shannon


Mat Branyon wrote:

>i fixed the pf.conf file, but it would not route, so i made it minimal
>(pass in all pass out all) and still no routing.  There is probably
>something I am missing, and have decided to start working on dhcp right
>now.
>
>--mat
>
>On Wed, 2003-03-05 at 15:57, Scott Harney wrote:
>  
>
>>will hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>>I'm still trying to figure out why it's such a big deal.  The truth
>>is, I have 3 disparate network cards.  One is wireless.  There's tons
>>of documentation on pf for BSD's where folks reference their external
>>interface as one hw type (say xl0) and their internal card is another
>>(ne0).  If I have a stable environment, why would I start swapping out
>>hardware?(1)  I suppose there are some instances of two different network
>>cards interacting poorly but I'd say in my eperience this is not a
>>frequent case.  I'm curious now as to why you perceive this to be 
>>"special".
>>
>>I don't know if the original poster's issue was fixed, I just assume it was
>>
>>
>>    
>>
>>>I didn't write that.  Mixing network cards is perverse, though I've
>>>done it once or twice.  Then again, I'm still using my 3com509bs.
>>>Using the same two dissimilar cards again and a again for years,
>>>that's special.  Two extra solder spikes for you until you buy a new
>>>network card.
>>>
>>>I'm glad the problem was fixed.
>>>      
>>>
>>(1) Other than the wireless card, everything in my gateway OpenBSD box
>>was surplus, ie. free.
>>
>>For your amusement:
>>$ ifconfig -a
>>wi0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>>        address: 00:04:e2:29:53:f5
>>        nwid <snip>
>>        nwkey <not displayed>
>>        powersave off
>>        media: IEEE802.11 autoselect hostap
>>        status: active
>>        inet 192.168.3.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.3.255
>>        inet6 fe80::204:e2ff:fe29:53f5%wi0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
>>xl0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>>        address: 00:01:02:64:17:ba
>>        media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX full-duplex)
>>        status: active
>>        inet6 fe80::201:2ff:fe64:17ba%xl0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2
>>        inet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx netmask 0xfffffe00 broadcast xxx.xxx.xxx.255
>>ne0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>>        address: 00:c0:df:ab:20:b1
>>        media: Ethernet 10baseT
>>        inet 192.168.2.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.2.255
>>        inet6 fe80::2c0:dfff:feab:20b1%ne0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3
>>(snipped)
>>    
>>
>
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