Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 16:31:51 -0000 From: "Martyn Hill" <sysadmin@st-james-snrgirls.w-london.sch.uk> To: "Samuel Chow" <cyschow@shaw.ca>, "FreeBSD-questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Cable-modem, dynamic IP, NAT and IPFW Message-ID: <003d01c1d676$111728e0$0a00000a@stjames.net> References: <LPBBIGIAAKKEOEJOLEGOKEEFCMAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com> <001e01c1d672$0b46f520$0a00000a@stjames.net> <02b701c1d674$ffcd9ca0$2784412f@ca.nortel.com>
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Samuel Thank you. The light is beginning to dawn. I'll try out your suggestions once home... Martyn. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Samuel Chow" <cyschow@shaw.ca> To: "Martyn Hill" <sysadmin@st-james-snrgirls.w-london.sch.uk> Cc: "FreeBSD-questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 4:24 PM Subject: Re: Cable-modem, dynamic IP, NAT and IPFW > > > Where the FreeBSD box is acting as a gateway for a private LAN, I > > assume I must then implement NATD for NAT, as opposed to PPP NAT? > > Correct. > > > As the external NIC will at some time be re-assigned its IP etc, > > including its default route, is it the case that dhclient will > > take care of this, allowing uninterrupted access to the Internet > > from inside the private LAN? > > You need the -dynamic flag to natd if your IP address can > change. The routing is handled by dhclient. > > > I've noted that some published configurations use dhclient-scripts > > that do some additional configuration upon a renewed DHCP lease. > > Will this be necessary? > > It depends on what you want. I don't do any. However, > if you want to send a signal to some processes, possibly. > > --- > Samuel Chow > cyschow@shaw.ca > > This message is displayed using recycled electrons. > Segmentation Fault (core dumped) > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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