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From: brian@shift.lan.awfulhak.org (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Network routing on freeBSD
Date: 2 Apr 1997 12:42:56 GMT
Organization: Awfulhak Ltd.
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In article <01bc3b77$2b602700$85c76ccb@default>,
"Michael Raisis" <mraisis@ozemail.com.au> writes:
> I am trying to get my pc connected to the net via my
> isp and have a couple of questions about setting up
> PPP and networking.
>
> I have configured PPP and can dial out and connect to the
> ISP. I have added the ip address of the primary and secondary
> DNS to /etc/resolv.conf. When I try and ping an address on the
> net I get a lookup error, then when I try and do a nslookup the
> system can't reach the nameservers - network unreachable.
>
> I think this is a routing problem as the DNS (203.2.193.124)
> are on a different network from the terminal server(s) that I
> connect to when I dial in and there is no route in the routing
> table.
>
> Also the handbook explains that the gateway address is
> needed to correctly configure the system for PPP. I have
> my windows 95 system configured to dial-in to the same
> isp and it is configured to use the "default gateway on remote network"
> Is there a way of setting up freeBSD to use the default gateway?
Use the pmdemand example in /etc/ppp/ppp.conf.sample - if you've got
2.2. If not, look in
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-current/src/etc
The "add 0 0 HISADDR" bit make the default route.
I'm assuming you're using ppp rather than pppd.
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.org> <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !