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Date:      Sat, 26 Feb 2000 10:56:27 +0000
From:      Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>
To:        Omachonu Ogali <oogali@intranova.net>
Cc:        Brendan Kosowski <brendan@bmk.com.au>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org>, FreeBSD Networking <freebsd-net@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: natd/pppd problem 
Message-ID:  <200002261056.KAA63695@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org>
In-Reply-To: Message from Omachonu Ogali <oogali@intranova.net>  of "Fri, 25 Feb 2000 03:05:56 EST." <Pine.BSF.4.10.10002250305140.10961-100000@hydrant.intranova.net> 

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> Read the man page for natd, it will not work with ppp0, use ppp(8) with
> the -alias option if you want aliasing/masquerading.

That's not true, although the comment in the natd man page is 
misleading.  It's possible to use natd w/ pppd or ppp, it's just not 
as easy as using ``ppp -nat''.  Hmm, I must fix that comment in the 
man page - it's -nat, not -alias.

> On Fri, 25 Feb 2000, Brendan Kosowski wrote:
> 
> > 
> > I am trying to run natd using ppp0 as the public interface.
> > 
> > I have set up IPFIREWALL and IPDIVERT in my kernel.
> > My system has the following interfaces: ed1 and ppp0.
> > 
> > When my system boots the kernel gives me the following message:
> > 
> > "IP packet filtering initialized, divert disabled, logging disabled."
> > 
> > I have set up an OPEN firewall and enabled NATD with ppp0 as the public
> > interface in my rc.conf. GATEWAY is also ON.
> > 
> > If I drop the divert rule from my firwall rules the box works O.K. as a
> > gateway.
> > 
> > Can anyone help ???
> > 
> > Thanks.
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Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>                        <brian@FreeBSD.org>
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