Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 23:42:29 -0600 (CST) From: Ryan Thompson <freebsd@sasknow.com> To: Gene Bomgardner <glbj@bellatlantic.net> Cc: freeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DSL - FreeBSD - Gateway ? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10002152337150.66349-100000@sasknow.com> In-Reply-To: <200002160507.AAA20741@smtp-out1.bellatlantic.net>
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On Wed, 16 Feb 2000, Gene Bomgardner wrote: > > I'm running FreeBSD Ver 3.2. I have an External DSL modem > connected to my hub. One machine runs FreeBSD, one runs > windows. I haven't gotten FreeeBSD to use the DSL modem yet, > but windows does. What I'm trying to accomplish is to allow the > FreeBSD box to act as a gateway thus permitting access to DSL > simultaneously with the Windows 95 box. Has anyone done this? Yes. What you want to do is quite commonly done. > Should the BSD box have 2 network cards with the DSL modem on > one of them? I assume a firewall on the BSD box would be a good > idea... Yes, two network cards is the way to go with a router setup. If you plan to add more machines to your lan, plug your router into a hub, with something like: Cable Modem ---- Router ---- Hub / | \ Box1 Box2 Box3 But currently, you should have something like: Cable Modem ---- Router ---- Box1 > <lots of other questions> > > Can someone point me at a starting point or refer me to appropriate > documentation? You'll want to read manpages on ipfw, natd, and route/routed. Also read /etc/defaults/rc.conf and search for firewall, route and natd lines. After you've read up on that, if you still have questions, feel free to post again with a more specific problem, and we can help you out. -- Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> 50% Owner, Sysadmin SaskNow Technologies http://www.sasknow.com #106-380 3120 8th St E Saskatoon, SK S7H 0W2 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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