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From: mstachow@athena.mit.edu (Maciej Stachowiak)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: How to connect FreeBSD to Windows NT gateway
Date: 3 Aug 1996 18:23:53 GMT
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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In article <31FF9BD1.7AFD@compuserve.com>, Berend de Boer <100120.3121@compuserve.com> writes:
|> Hello All,
|> 
|> Anyone know how to make FreeBSD recognize that my 
|> Windows NT machine is a gateway to the internet?
|> 
|> When I run netstat -r it correctly says I've a 
|> default route to the NT machine.
|> 
|> I also setup in /etc/networks the nameserver to my 
|> gateway.
|> 
|> But when I ping a machine (for example 
|> ftp.microsoft.com) it displays its IP address (the 
|> DNS part seems to work??), but nothing happens 
|> after that. No traffic seems to occur. Ping says X 
|> packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% 
|> packet loss.
|> 
|> Anything else I have to do? Or if you want more 
|> information, please request it. It could be I have 
|> played a bit with this machine.
|> 
|> P.S. Netscape on the FreeBSD machine runs fine 
|> when going through a 'proxy' (WinGate) on the NT 
|> machine.
|> 
|> Thanks for any answers,


You'd probably be better off using the FreeBSD machine for the gateway.