Re: DHCPD Fail to Reach Web Addresses Help!

Aric Gregson <[email protected]> Sat, 13 Jun 2026 13:44:47 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.os.openbsd.misc
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 2026-06-13 09:34, Kenneth Gober wrote:
>On Fri, Jun 12, 2026 at 10:06 PM Aric Gregson <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>
>>
>> I am struggling to figure this out and do not know what to try next, so
>> am asking for help. I am missing something simple, no doubt.
>>
>> Setting up a network gateway at home. Ultimately, I want to have a
>> backup internet, with fiber first then cable as a back-up. This is to
>> replace a Unifi solution that I started to use during the pandemic,
>> which maybe is not a good idea given the issues I am already having. :)
>>
>> I am just able to assign addresses, which it is now doing.  I can 'ping'
>> and 'host' and ssh into the gateway from the client Openbsd computer. I
>> can also ping and host on the gateway computer running Fuguita (Openbsd
>> 7.9 release). I am able to 'dig @9.9.9.9 openbsd.org' and traceroute -I
>> is working as well. However, I cannot load any web pages and
>> applications, like Profanity, cannot login as they seemingly cannot find
>> the hosting site (conversations.im). Disabling pf does not change this
>> behavior.
>>
>
>Did you enable IP forwarding?

Yes.

># cat >>/etc/sysctl.conf <<EOF
>net.inet.ip.forwarding=1
>EOF
># sysctl net.inet.ip.forwarding=1

Thank you Ken for the suggestion. This has been on for some time 
already. I also have inet6 forwarding on, just in case. 

Aric