Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 12:25:04 +0100 From: Ceri <ceri@techsupport.co.uk> To: Christoph Sold <so@server.i-clue.de> Cc: Mark Hughes <mark@dvdnews.co.uk>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ppp -nat or natd? Message-ID: <20010718122504.C22510@cartman.techsupport.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <3B554F28.89960778@i-clue.de>; from so@server.i-clue.de on Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 10:56:08AM %2B0200 References: <014d01c10ebc$fe3ee5e0$0200a8c0@mark2> <3B554F28.89960778@i-clue.de>
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On Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 10:56:08AM +0200, Christoph Sold said: > Mark Hughes schrieb: > > > > I have a DSL connection, which uses PPPoA through a USB Alcatel Speedtouch > > "modem". I've got the modem working fine, I was just wondering if there are > > any benefits to switching to use natd rather than ppp -nat to gate the > > connection to my network of four windows clients? > > The only reason I can think of would be if you want to use ipfw, too. > Anyhow, having an external dynamic IP combined with ipfw would be a > major hassle. Why ? Can't you just use the -u and -dynamic flags to natd and use the interface name in your ipfw ruleset ? I'm not having a go, but I'm going to be in this situation soon and that was my plan. Will it not work ? Ceri -- I probably wouldn't like you. Really. I really probably wouldn't like you. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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