From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 18 15:00:59 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3EC9D1065689 for ; Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:00:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org) Received: from be-well.ilk.org (dsl092-078-145.bos1.dsl.speakeasy.net [66.92.78.145]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D2678FC0A for ; Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:00:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org) Received: by be-well.ilk.org (Postfix, from userid 1147) id 34FC628444; Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:00:58 -0400 (EDT) To: imax36581 References: <19554068.post@talk.nabble.com> From: Lowell Gilbert Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:00:58 -0400 In-Reply-To: <19554068.post@talk.nabble.com> (imax's message of "Thu\, 18 Sep 2008 07\:22\:50 -0700 \(PDT\)") Message-ID: <44k5d9bis5.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.2 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: configure NAT with demand dial interface? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:00:59 -0000 imax36581 writes: > im new to freebsd. > i want to that can i have a NAT service that using demand dial > connection(such as dial up or pppoe connections)? > can i configure it to disconnect when the service is idle(for saving > bandwidth)? ppp(8) supports this directly: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ppp [see the -auto and -nat options] -- Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/