NEWBIE: FreeBSD 4.10 Internet gateway/DNS problem

I am trying to setup my FreeBSD 4.10 box as an internet gateway for a =
small
home LAN (2x Win XP and 1x Win 98SE)

The LAN operates without any problems when using the Win 98SE box as a
gateway - all computers can access the internet

I have two nics installed in the FreeBSD box:

dc0 is the LAN interface via 4-port Linksys hub

dc1 is the WAN interface via cable modem

I have successfully connected to the internet with dc1

I can ping all other machines on my home LAN with dc0 and vice versa

I cannot access the internet from any machine except the FreeBSD gateway

ifconfig looks like this:

dc0: flags=3D8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet6 fe80::204:5aff:fe76:55f0%dc0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
inet 192.168.1.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
ether 00:04:5a:76:55:f0
media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>)
status: active
dc1: flags=3D8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet6 fe80::2a0:ccff:fe33:e1f6%dc1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2
inet 68.105.58.150 netmask 0xfffffe00 broadcast 68.105.59.255
ether 00:a0:cc:33:e1:f6
media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>)
status: active
lp0: flags=3D8810<POINTOPOINT,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
lo0: flags=3D8049<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
ppp0: flags=3D8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
sl0: flags=3Dc010<POINTOPOINT,LINK2,MULTICAST> mtu 552
faith0: flags=3D8002<BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500


The contents of /etc/rc.conf are:

hostname=3D"sara.mshome.net"
ifconfig_dc0=3D"inet 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0" =
ifconfig_dc1=3D"DHCP"
<snip> inetd_enable=3D"YES" gateway_enable=3D"YES"

When I try to ping an outside address from a Windows box, I get this
response:

"Ping request could not find host www.freebsd.org. Please check the name =
and
try again."

When I try to ping a known good URL, I get this response:

Pinging 68.99.63.5 with 32 bytes of data:

Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 68.99.63.5:

Packets: Sent =3D 4, Received =3D 0, Lost =3D 4 (100% loss)

I have tried setting the DNS servers on the Windows box to the addresses
listed in /etc/resolv.conf:

68.105.161.20
68.1.18.25
68.10.16.30

I have also tried setting the DNS address directly to the default =
gateway
192.168.1.1 and get the same response.

While searching around in /stand/sysinstall I found the named daemon
enabled. I disabled with no change (I have since re-enabled it because =
I
believe that was the default setting when I installed FreeBSD)

FWIW, here's output of netstat -rn on the FreeBSD box:

Internet:
Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Netif =
Expire
default 68.105.58.1 UGSc 2 3 dc1
68.105.58/23 link#2 UC 2 0 dc1
68.105.58.1 00:06:2a:cb:7c:54 UHLW 2 0 dc1 =
1199
68.105.58.150 127.0.0.1 UGHS 0 0 lo0
127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 UH 2 26 lo0
192.168.1 link#1 UC 1 0 dc0
192.168.1.110 00:08:74:3b:8b:ba UHLW 0 4 dc0 =
1081

Internet6:
Destination Gateway Flags
Netif Expire
::/96 ::1 UGRSc
lo0
::1 ::1 UH
lo0
::ffff:0.0.0.0/96 ::1 UGRSc
lo0
fe80::/10 ::1 UGRSc
lo0
fe80::%dc0/64 link#1 UC
dc0
fe80::204:5aff:fe76:55f0%dc0 00:04:5a:76:55:f0 UHL
lo0
fe80::%dc1/64 link#2 UC
dc1
fe80::2a0:ccff:fe33:e1f6%dc1 00:a0:cc:33:e1:f6 UHL
lo0
fe80::%lo0/64 fe80::1%lo0 Uc
lo0
fe80::1%lo0 link#4 UHL
lo0
ff01::/32 ::1 U
lo0
ff02::/16 ::1 UGRS
lo0
ff02::%dc0/32 link#1 UC
dc0
ff02::%dc1/32 link#2 UC
dc1
ff02::%lo0/32 ::1 UC
lo0

And the results of netstat -rn on the Windows box:

Active Routes:
Network Destination Netmask Gateway Interface =
Metric
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.110 20
127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 1
192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.110 192.168.1.110 20
192.168.1.110 255.255.255.255 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 20
192.168.1.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.1.110 192.168.1.110 20
224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 192.168.1.110 192.168.1.110 20
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.1.110 192.168.1.110 1
Default Gateway: 192.168.1.1
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=

Persistent Routes:
None

I'm not sure what to do next. For some reason the Windows cannot access =
a
name server. From what I understand from the literature I've been using
(FreeBSD Handbook, Lehey's The Complete FreeBSD, and Anderson's FreeBSD: =
An
Open-Source etc etc) all that should be needed is set =
gateway_enable=3D"YES"
in /etc/rc.conf and I've done that.

Google revealed some info on using natd for PPOE, but not sure if that
applies to this problem.

All suggestions/out-right solutions appreciated.

TIA,

Jim C. =20


_______________________________________________
freebsd-questions.TakeThisOut@freebsd.org mailing list
http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions
To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"