Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 17:12:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> To: George Shapiro <gshapiro@pps.k12.or.us> Cc: krinsky+freebsd@bantha.org, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, jonc@pinnacle.co.nz Subject: Re: how to set up routing & natd with freebsd 3.1 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908311708510.36772-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu> In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.19990831160251.007a3a40@pps.k12.or.us>
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On Tue, 31 Aug 1999, George Shapiro wrote: > >>On Mon, Aug 30, 1999 at 03:17:12PM -0700, George Shapiro > >>(gshapiro@pps.k12.or.us) wrote: > >> Here are some more clues... I am actually just trying to route off a group > >> of computers on a LAN which has a dedicated gateway (a public high school). > >> Since there are only a small number of machines in my (hopefull) subnet, i > >> am doing static routing... i.e. > >> > >Are both interfaces properly ifconfigged? > > > >My machine has two interfaces, one of which goes to the outside world > >and the other of which goes to a small private network. The following > >is an excerpt from my /etc/rc.conf: > > > >ifconfig_fxp0="inet 208.241.154.117 netmask 255.255.255.192" > >defaultrouter="208.241.154.66" > >network_interfaces="fxp0 ed1 lo0" > >ifconfig_ed1="inet 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.0.0" > >firewall_enable="YES" > >firewall_type="open" > >gateway_enable="YES" > >natd_enable="YES" > >natd_interface="fxp0" > > Thanks, things are working now... my interfaces were 'ifconfigged' correctly, > so I am going to assume it was the addition of > > firewall_type="open" > natd_enable="YES" > natd_interface="fxp0" > > to rc.conf that did it. I noticed that now ipfw is configured to do > something with loopback. I say something as I don't know a firewall config > from a hole in my head; which is to say that I'm learning... > > I don't know what the two natd_ additions do? The two natd additions are the equivalent of the command natd -n fxp0, which starts natd (the network address translation daemon) running and tells it to use interface fxp0; that is, to send stuff to the outside world on that interface and take what comes back on it and handle it appropriately. See man natd for further detail. Annelise > Thanks again. > > gshapiro.tech.coor.grant.hs > portland.or.us.com > > > > 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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