FreeBSD 5.1 <-> WinXP Networking Problem UPDATE #2

[Bill Moran]

freebsder <freebsder51 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> All my computers can ping each other!  BUT I can only
> connect to the internet from the FreeBSD server.  All
> requests made by the WinXP machines go unanswered!! 
> Yet when I ping from them, they can connect to any
> computer on the network BUT CANNOT ping OUTSIDE the
> network nor fetch any information outside this
> network.  
> 
> Any ideas why my FreeBSD machine is not routing these
> requests and putting up a road block?
> 
> RC.CONF
> 
> font8x14="NO"
> 	font8x16="swiss-8x16"
> 	font8x8="swiss-8x8"
> 	inetd_enable="YES"
> 	linux_enable="YES"
> 	moused_enable="YES"
> 	moused_port="/dev/psm0"
> 	moused_type="auto"
> 	nfs_client_enable="YES"
> 	nfs_server_enable="YES"
> 	rpcbind_enable="YES"
> 	saver="rain"
> 	scrnmap="NO"
> 	usbd_enable="YES"
> 	ifconfig_vr0="DHCP"
> 	ifconfig_ed0="DHCP"
> 
> ##initialise NIC
> 	network_interfaces="vr0 ed0 lo0 tun0"
> 	ifconfig tun0
> 
> 	#ifconfig vr0= "media 10baseT/UTP up"
> 	#ifconfig_ed0="inet 192.168.0.3  netmask 255.255.0.0"
> 
> 	#Changes as suggested:
> 	ifconfig_ed0="inet 192.168.1.1/24"
> 	ifconfig_vr0="inet 192.168.0.1/24 media 10baseT/UTP
> up"
> 
> 	#ifconfig_vr0="inet 192.168.0.1  netmask 255.255.0.0"
> 
> 	hostname="my.server.com"
> 
> ##User ppp configuration
> 	ppp_enable="YES"
> 	ppp_mode="ddial"
> 	ppp_nat="NO"
> 	ppp_profile="bellnet"
> 	#ppp_user="root"
> 
> 
> ## Firewall
> 	gateway_enable="YES"
> 	firewall_enable="YES"
> 	firewall_type="OPEN"
> 	#firewall_quiet="NO"
> 	firewall_script="/etc/rc/firewall"
> 	natd_enable="YES"
> 	natd_interface="vr0"

I believe you'll want:
natd_interface="ppp0"
or is it "tun0"?  I don't remember (long time since I've used ppp) but the
upshot is that whatever interface ppp creates when it dials, that's what you
want natd_interface set to.

> 	natd_flags="redirect_port tcp 192.168.1.1:80 80"
> 	rpc_statd_enable="YES"
> 	tcp_extensions="YES"
> 
> ## Mail
> 	sendmail_enable="YES"


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Bill Moran
Potential Technologies
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