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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!senator-bedfellow.mit.edu!athena.mit.edu!mstachow 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 Lines: 32 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4u05fp$po9@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU> References: <31FF9BD1.7AFD@compuserve.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: i-will-fear-no-evil.mit.edu 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.