Date: Thu, 05 Aug 1999 18:45:30 -0400 From: Dutch Collins <dutch@charm.net> To: Eric Lee Green <elgreen@iname.com> Cc: vagner@www.timandpatrick.com, Joe <ibjoe@home.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FREEBSD, Proxy Server, Cable Modem Message-ID: <37AA140A.A3A11F93@charm.net> References: <XFMail.990805100520.vagner@vagner.com> <99080510353501.04193@ehome.local.net>
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Eric Lee Green wrote: > > On Thu, 05 Aug 1999, vagner@www.timandpatrick.com wrote: > > I also have a similiar setup, mine has only one network card, > > basically come out of the cable modem into a hub and just plug in the freebsd > > machine and then point the other machines to the freebsd machine that has > > firewall and natd running. > > So *YOU* are the moron making my kernel complain that "192.168.1.1 is on de0, > but was accessed from rl0". (Yes, I'm on cable modem too). > > It's silliness like this that's going to get FreeBSD and Linux users banned > from the cable network. You can't just put any old addresses out onto a > public Ethernet (which is what the cable "modem" is, basically) and expect the > rest of us to put up with it. > > Put another card into your machine and use it as a gateway and firewall. Please. > I'll even send you a spare RTL-based card if you want (they're slow and > worthless for real work, but okay for half-duplex 10BaseT), and provide detailed > setup for how to set up ipfw and natd (it's pretty easy, just a couple of > rc.conf tweaks). Just please quit polluting the public network with your private > addresses! > > -- > Eric Lee Green http://members.tripod.com/e_l_green > mail: e_l_green@hotmail.com > ^^^^^^^ Burdening Microsoft with SPAM! Well, I never! The response from the culprit. I have talked to a few people who are on @home in this area and that has been the biggest problem except the terrible CustServ . I for one am glad this topic is here. I may get a cable modem and I was not sure about a firewall, *now* I am. Believe me, I will whine if I screw up the IP stuff, the firewall stuff, but I am smart enough to ask for the correct way before make a mess on the floor. Been_there. <CoolPart\?> I had the Comcast guy out to fix the line (TVs) and found out two things new to me, 1) don't have to get the modem from them (BestBuys), 2) go to Home Depot for splitters if you need one, never Radio Shack. Also, the cost is low if you own your own cable modem, approx. 23 $US. thanks for the info -d To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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