From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 10 18:43:30 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 10 18:43:28 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from damoe.wireless-isp.net (damoe.wireless-isp.net [208.61.227.212]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B26D37B400 for ; Sun, 10 Dec 2000 18:43:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (keen@localhost) by damoe.wireless-isp.net (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id eBB2jsB62263; Sun, 10 Dec 2000 21:45:54 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from keen@damoe.wireless-isp.net) Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 21:45:54 -0500 (EST) From: David Raistrick To: Chris Hill Cc: Sean Peck , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Configuring Gateway/NAT on Freebsd In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 10 Dec 2000, Chris Hill wrote: > > I have the public space entry for the single NIC card pointing to the > > default router up in the ISP space... > > I don't know enough about networking to tell you exactly why this can't > work, but I'm pretty sure it can't. Ethernet cards are cheap; is it > worth this amount of trouble to save a measly few pence? (walking in in the middle..) This COULD be done with 1 ethernet card, at least in theory. Not sure the specifics of how to get natd to do it, but it could theoretic be done..but there is a condition that must be met. If the DSL modem is like the ones we provide it can ONLY talk to a single MAC device. Ie, you could not plug the DSL modem into a hub. it must be plugged into a ethernet port of a router/pc/etc. (and therefor this would NOT work.) IF the unit can be on a multi-mac segment, then this could be done. (with both ip networks residing on the same interface..) But realisticly it would probably be better to segregate the two. ....david -- David Raistrick Digital Wireless Communications davidr@dwcinet.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message