Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2007 15:04:06 +0200 From: deeptech71@gmail.com To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: help, i'm setting up a router Message-ID: <46B084C6.1000806@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <46B0807F.4060004@infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <46B07A29.8000304@gmail.com> <46B0807F.4060004@infracaninophile.co.uk>
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Matthew Seaman wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > deeptech71@gmail.com wrote: > >> I'm making a FreeBSD router with ppp and telnet access to it (currently >> part of a network with a hardware router). When I have 1 NIC in the >> FreeBSD machine (rl0), telnet works fine. Then I add another NIC (ed0). >> Telnet still works. rc.conf: >> >> ipconfig_rl0="inet 192.168.123.251 netmask 255.255.255.0" >> #ipconfig_ed0="inet 192.168.123.251 netmask 255.255.255.0" >> hostname="qw.erty.com" >> defaultrouter="192.168.123.254" >> inetd_enable="YES" >> gateway_enable="YES" > > Routers forward packets between different IP networks. Or in other > words, the IP numbers on the different interfaces on your router > should not just be different -- they should come from completely > different subnets too. > > I think that the keyword for you is 'bridging'. There's a whole > article about it here: > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/filtering-bridges/article.html > > plus Google will turn up plenty more. > > Cheers, > > Matthew > > - -- > Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard > Flat 3 > PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate > Kent, CT11 9PW > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFGsIB+8Mjk52CukIwRCHKvAKCRoefdQXWsR+f3GDhvmau5+aBs5ACfViIl > ou/2rQONQsxnEdOZk/AtuEA= > =aq1G > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > Yes that would be the correct word. My net is 192.168.123.0/24, the hardware router connected to the modem is 192.168.123.254, and I was trying to be connected through the FreeBSD box. Then later do this: Internet---ADSL_modem---FreeBSD---Other_PCs That is still called bridging, yes? Thx for the info, i'll try this and see how it turns out.
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