Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 22:04:37 +0000 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: up@3.am Cc: David Wolfskill <dhw@whistle.com>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.org, Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: NAT port redirection question Message-ID: <200002252204.WAA00422@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Message from <up@3.am> of "Wed, 23 Feb 2000 13:15:08 EST." <Pine.BSF.4.10.10002231256320.58793-100000@richard2.pil.net>
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> On Wed, 23 Feb 2000, David Wolfskill wrote: > > > >Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 22:41:06 -0500 (EST) > > >From: <up@3.am> > > > > >.... What it boils down to is that the natd man page is a complete waste > > >of time :-/ (somebody already told me this, but did *I* listen? noooo...) > > > > Hmmm.... I certainly found it useful; perhaps the above warrants some > > phrasing that restricts the scope to the situation you were addressing. > > Your'e absolutely correct. I should have said; using natd with (user) ppp > is a waste of time. Greg's (mostly excellent) book confused me here a > bit, as it had instructions for using both together, and included the > -alias switch, which I'm beginning to realize, negated the need for any > natd-specific configuration. I think Gregs book needs a bit of work in the user-ppp area (Greg cc'd - as a gentle poke :-). I looked at the 3rd edition in a bookshop a few weeks ago and it seems that this section hasn't been updated in a number of years. > Thanks! > > James Smallacombe PlantageNet, Inc. CEO and Janitor > up@3.am http://3.am > ========================================================================= To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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