Internet connection sharing

[Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P.]

Lance Earl wrote:

>I am new to FreeBSD. I am evaluating it as a possible replacement for my
>in house desktops and ultimately a replacement for my redhat Internet
>server.
>
>I installed 4.9 without a hitch and decided to go ahead and install 5.2 in
>order to avoid potential upgrade issues mentioned on the BSD wed site.
>
>I am having problems with internet connection sharing. The computer is
>seeing my network but is not seeing the Internet through my gateway
>computer. I think that I may have incorrectly entered the gateway IP
>during install. I have checked the FAQ and HandBook for the name and
>location of the file that contains the Gateway IP with no success.
>
>Can you please help me locate this file so I can confirm my settings.
>
>Thanks
>
>
>Lance Earl
>DallyPost, Inc.
>208-548-2721
>  
>
Hi, Lance,

You have received some good advice already.  One
further note:  If you have already booted a FBSD box
*without* having proper gateway information in /etc/rc.conf,
simply type (as root):

#route add default xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the IP of the desired
gateway.

HTH,

Kevin Kinsey