Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 12:19:05 +0100 (BST) From: Scott Mitchell <scott@dcs.qmw.ac.uk> To: Muthukumar Ratty <muthur@moving-stone.rutgers.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to setup a Gateway. Message-ID: <199806181119.MAA09749@hotpoint.dcs.qmw.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <108331713@toto.iv>
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Muthukumar Ratty said: >Hi, > I have a basic question about freebsd networking. I couldnt >find the answer in the handbook. Could some one help me in this? > > How to set up a freebsd gateway (multihomed) that forwards packets >from one network to another (using routed)? Do you really need to run a routing daemon? If you just want to forward packets between two nets (ie between the bunch of machines in your house and the Internet) then all you need do is set gateway_enable="YES" in /etc/rc.conf. Scott -- =========================================================================== Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID |"If I can't have my coffee, I'm just <scott@dcs.qmw.ac.uk> | 0x54B171B9 | like a dried up piece of roast goat" QMW College, London, UK | 0xAA775B8B | -- J. S. Bach. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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