Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2005 18:27:48 +0100 From: Peter Gregorc <peter@paranoid-zine.com> To: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@over-yonder.net> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re[4]: nat exclusion? [Spam][94.2%] Message-ID: <207571154.20051103182748@paranoid-zine.com> In-Reply-To: <20051103045445.GO1367@over-yonder.net> References: <502337639.20051102220924@paranoid-zine.com> <2C66C948-04D0-4576-A158-992AAE5BECB8@mac.com> <273200033.20051102224545@paranoid-zine.com> <BF22DFA4-4C80-4C02-A34D-E173064550B8@mac.com> <20051103045445.GO1367@over-yonder.net>
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Thanks a lot, this solved the problem right away... one simple line i couldn't find :/ Thanks! ------------------------------ Peter Gregorc Paranoid Metal Webzine http://www.paranoid-zine.com ------------------------------ On Thursday, November 3, 2005, 5:54:45 AM, you wrote: Matthew> On Wed, Nov 02, 2005 at 04:55:32PM -0500 I heard the voice of Matthew> Charles Swiger, and lo! it spake thus: >> On Nov 2, 2005, at 4:45 PM, Peter Gregorc wrote: >> >I've got 86.61.75.240/30 >> >.241 is for BSD >> >.242 for WS1 >> >.243 broadcast >> >So two are usable for outside usage, if NAT is disabled. >> >> Sure, but normally, either .1 or .2 of a /30 subnet (ie, your .241 >> or .242) is the externally-connected router of your ISP. A few of >> the better ISP's will support switching their devices from being a >> router to acting like a bridge, thus requiring you to provide a >> dual- homed machine yourself. Matthew> Presumably he's using the BSD box as the router (PPPoE). You can get Matthew> away with a single NIC just fine; I go through PPPoE with the single Matthew> NIC in my old 486 router, and forward ports internally. You want "nat Matthew> unregistered_only yes" in the ppp.conf so it only NAT's private IP's Matthew> and leaves public ones alone.
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