From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Sep 29 03:35:33 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id DAA24841 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 29 Sep 1998 03:35:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from witch.xtra.co.nz (witch.xtra.co.nz [202.27.184.8]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id DAA24829 for ; Tue, 29 Sep 1998 03:35:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from junkmale@pop3.xtra.co.nz) Received: from wocker (210-55-210-87.ipnets.xtra.co.nz [210.55.210.87]) by witch.xtra.co.nz (8.9.1/8.9.1) with SMTP id WAA03890; Tue, 29 Sep 1998 22:34:52 +1200 (NZST) Message-Id: <199809291034.WAA03890@witch.xtra.co.nz> From: "Dan Langille" Organization: DVL Software Limited To: Mark Maurer Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 22:34:57 +1200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Re: networking question... Reply-to: junkmale@xtra.co.nz CC: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: <199809290802.EAA04618@pace1.cts.mtu.edu> X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.01b) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 29 Sep 98, at 4:02, Mark Maurer wrote: > 1) would it be possible to hook the cable modem into the uplink port, > have the freebsd box and sparc in two other ports, and have the freebsd > box use natd and act as a gateway? Or am I going to need a second > ethernet card on the gateway box? I don't know what an uplink port is. That stated: No. It won't work. [But I stand to be corrrected]. I suggest you get a second network card for your freebsdbox. > 2) If that is possible, can anyone point me in the right direction? I've > yet to find information concerning uplink ports on hubs in combination > with internal networks... For help on natd etc, see my website below. -- Dan Langille DVL Software Limited The FreeBSD Diary - my [mis]adventures http://www.FreeBSDDiary.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message