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Date:      Fri, 26 Aug 2005 11:24:04 -0400
From:      Jason Morgan <jwm-freebsd@sentinelchicken.net>
To:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: First time gateway/router
Message-ID:  <20050826152404.GG660@sentinelchicken.net>
In-Reply-To: <430F2F54.4010902@gmail.com>
References:  <430F2F54.4010902@gmail.com>

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On Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 08:03:48AM -0700, Derrill Guilbert wrote:
> Is there a walkthrough or something online to teach me how to make a 
> freebsd box into a gateway/firewall? I've not ever run a FreeBSD box 
> that wasn't already behind some other kind of firewall, and don't want 
> to screw it up.
> 

The Handbook is your friend :)

Gateway:

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-routing.html

Firewalls (I use IPFW, but I hear PF rocks):

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/firewalls.html

Cheers,
Jason



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