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Date:      Sun, 11 Jun 2000 01:17:41 +0200
From:      Marc Silver <marcs@draenor.org>
To:        "Kyle R. Green" <greek@lagparty.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: UserPPP, natd, and Battle.net, oh my!
Message-ID:  <20000611011741.O81376@draenor.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.20.0006101732320.13180-100000@k6.crackaddict.com>; from greek@lagparty.org on Sat, Jun 10, 2000 at 05:40:15PM -0400
References:  <Pine.LNX.4.20.0006101732320.13180-100000@k6.crackaddict.com>

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Hey there,

Take a look at:
http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/dialup-firewall/index.html

With ipfw you can specifically allow certain UDP ports, which should
allow you to kick some Zerg butt...  ;)

Cheers,
Marc

On Sat, Jun 10, 2000 at 05:40:15PM -0400, Kyle R. Green wrote:
> I recently changed my dialup router box from Debian Linux Frozen to
> FreeBSD.  I've had a pleasant experience so far.  cvsupping to the latest
> sources was incredibly easy, as was the process of making a new world and
> kernel.  Additionally, the boot time's quite a bit better, too.
> 
> I'm currently using UserPPP with its included NAT.
> 
> I encountered problems, however, when I tried to play a game of Starcraft
> over battlenet.  It said that it couldn't connect on UDP 6112, which is
> understandable, although it threw me for a loop momentarily, as Linux's
> IPMasq did this just fine.
> 
> I'd heard (from FreeBSD users) that userppp's included NAT is somewhat
> less than capable, so I tried setting up natd with userppp, following
> the instructions for natd in _The_Complete_FreeBSD_.  I had no luck
> at all--boxes on the internal network couldn't see outside.
> 
> So I tried setting up kernel PPP, but that was even worse; I couldn't dial
> outside at all.
> 
> I've googled, searched the FreeBSD documentation, and the mailing list
> archives to no avail.
> 
> Is there something that I've missed?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> -- 
> Kyle R. Green
> greek@lagparty.org


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