Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 14:54:26 -0500 (CDT) From: Jeremy Shaffner <jer@jorsm.com> To: Matthew Hagerty <matthew@wolfepub.com> Cc: Scott Mitchell <scott@dcs.qmw.ac.uk>, Muthukumar Ratty <muthur@moving-stone.rutgers.edu>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to setup a Gateway. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980619145213.6939M-100000@mercury.jorsm.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19980619133908.03188cf8@wolfepub.com>
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On Fri, 19 Jun 1998, Matthew Hagerty wrote: > 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. > Userland PPP has the -alias option which will also perform IP masquerading. One less thing to worry about. -===================================================================- Jeremy Shaffner JORSM Internet Senior Technical Support Northwest Indiana's Premium jer@jorsm.com Internet Service Provider support@jorsm.com http://www.jorsm.com -===================================================================- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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