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From: dave@circumspect.com (Dave Helton)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: How to connect FreeBSD to Windows NT gateway
Date: Thu, 01 Aug 1996 15:31:58 GMT
Organization: Circumspect Corporation
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Berend de Boer <100120.3121@compuserve.com> wrote:
>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,
>Berend. (-:
>email: berend@pobox.com
>fidonet: 2:281/527.23
You must provide a route from your NT box back to the
FreeBSD box. I have played with this for some time and
have not been to impressed with the way NT does it's
routing.
For every workstation I have in my bldg. I have to tell the
NT box to provide the route (with a batch file) before I
connect to the net. Luckily I only have about 6 pc's here.
Check out:
http://www.bhs.com - Beverly Hills Software
(great NT resource!)
http://www.winntmag.com - NT 'zine
(lots of faq and info)
-- Dave, KD0YU
dave@mail.circumspect.com