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Date:      Fri, 19 Jun 1998 13:39:08 -0400
From:      Matthew Hagerty <matthew@wolfepub.com>
To:        Scott Mitchell <scott@dcs.qmw.ac.uk>, Muthukumar Ratty <muthur@moving-stone.rutgers.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: How to setup a Gateway.
Message-ID:  <3.0.3.32.19980619133908.03188cf8@wolfepub.com>
In-Reply-To: <199806181119.MAA09749@hotpoint.dcs.qmw.ac.uk>
References:  <108331713@toto.iv>

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At 12:19 PM 6/18/98 +0100, Scott Mitchell wrote:
>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

*and* run natd unless all your machines have static IP addresses assigned
to them by your service provider.  man natd for details.  I just set it up
last night, works like a champ.

Matthew


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