Date: Sun, 27 Jul 1997 07:01:09 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb> To: ljohnston@cyberworld.demon.co.uk (Lee Johnston) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Disallowing access to the internet using a gateway Message-ID: <199707271401.HAA05955@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <33DB226F.41C67EA6@cyberworld.demon.co.uk> from "Lee Johnston" at Jul 27, 97 11:26:55 am
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Lee Johnston wrote: > > +-------+ +--------+ +--------+ +--------+ > --PPP---|Gateway|-------|Client 1|------|Client 2|------|Client 3| > +-------+ +--------+ +--------+ +--------+ > > > All of the above compuuters naed Client are using the gateway. > > Is they a way to disallow one computer (Client 2) from using the gateway > to access the internet? > > I tried deleting the route to the computer I wanted to disable on the > gateway, but everytime the client computer wanted an IP address outside > of my network, the route was added again. yes this is a feature, the Gateway discovers other computers on the network...otherwise you would have to tell it about each on by hand ;( man ipfw(8). note: the default rule is to lock the Gateway. work at the console until your are SURE of what you're doing. jmb
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