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Date:      Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:48:53 +0100
From:      Joost Bekkers <joost@bps.jodocus.org>
To:        failure@speakeasy.net
Cc:        freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: NAT and firewall
Message-ID:  <20020314124853.A63946@bps.jodocus.org>
In-Reply-To: <200203140801.g2E81mm01565@spidey.speakeasy.net>; from failure@speakeasy.net on Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 12:01:48AM -0800
References:  <200203140801.g2E81mm01565@spidey.speakeasy.net>

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On Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 12:01:48AM -0800, failure@speakeasy.net wrote:
> hi,
> 
> i've just added a freebsd 4.3 host to our NAT'd LAN and i'm having trouble getting online.
> 
> we have an SDSL line running into an ENI Speedstream 5871 router, which then runs into our SOHO Watchguard firewall.  all 4 hosts on the LAN are plugged directly into the firewall.
> 
> i've ran:
> 
> $ ifconfig xl0 inet 192.168.254.254 netmask 255.255.255.0
> $ route add -net default 192.168.254.254
> 

Somehow I don't think the FreeBSD machine is your default router. Assuming your soho is on .254 
you should assign a different address to your bsd machine.

eg.

ifconfig xl0 inet 192.168.254.253 netmask 255.255.255.0
                              ^^^
  change this to a free one ---/

greetz Joost

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