Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 14:04:19 -0800 (PST) From: Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com> To: "SPAM..." <jlueck@mit.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: natd and cable modems Message-ID: <Pine.UW2.3.95.980311140116.12085A-100000@cedb> In-Reply-To: <199803112129.QAA31478@BULLDOZER.MIT.EDU>
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On Wed, 11 Mar 1998, SPAM... wrote: > I'm currently trying to set up a local area LAN which uses a single > computer connected to a cable modem to do IP masquerading. I've read > the natd man page and think that I have everything set up correctly. > Yet, nothing on the local network is getting or receiving packets. My > local network consists of the freeBSD machine, and 3 WinNT machines > connected through the LAN. Make sure that you have gateway="YES" in /etc/rc.conf Other than that, I've noticed on my home lan that inside machines need to ping or otherwise talk to the gateway machine before they can talk to the outside. I also set firewall_type to open to get things going, I need to go back and tighten that up. Dan -- Dan Busarow 714 443 4172 DPC Systems / Beach.Net dan@dpcsys.com Dana Point, California 83 09 EF 59 E0 11 89 B4 8D 09 DB FD E1 DD 0C 82 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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