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Date:      Fri, 29 Jun 2001 01:26:01 -0700
From:      "Crist J. Clark" <cristjc@earthlink.net>
To:        Daniel Kelley <dkelley@otec.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: routing ip addresses through a freebsd firewall
Message-ID:  <20010629012601.B375@blossom.cjclark.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.20L2.0106282050190.12239-100000@mx1.hq.ny.otec.net>; from dkelley@otec.com on Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 09:20:07PM -0400
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.20L2.0106282050190.12239-100000@mx1.hq.ny.otec.net>

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On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 09:20:07PM -0400, Daniel Kelley wrote:

[snip]

> problem 1: routing
> 
> i'm unclear on whether or not i need to run routed or gated in order to
> forward the packets addressed to the 5 public ips into the firewall.

No. You don't need them. They would not help.

> i've
> seen a couple of things that suggest you can modify arp parameters in the
> kernel (?), but i'm not sure if this is advisable or not.

man arp

You probably do not need to mess with it anyway.
 
> problem 2: nat
> 
> i'd like to set up simple bi-directional nat and let the ipfilter rules
> handle everything else.  i've tried the following ipnat rules:
> 
> bimap <outside_interface> aa.bb.cc.0/24 -> 10.1.1.0/24
> 
> i'm not sure if i need a bimap in the opposite direction (inside->outside)

Nope.

That said, depending on what you are doing, "rdr" rules in combination
with a "map" rule might be a better choice.
-- 
Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@alum.mit.edu

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