From owner-freebsd-net Sun Jan 27 12:54:45 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mailout07.sul.t-online.com (mailout07.sul.t-online.com [194.25.134.83]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35ACA37B400 for ; Sun, 27 Jan 2002 12:54:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from fwd08.sul.t-online.de by mailout07.sul.t-online.com with smtp id 16UwCQ-0006QE-04; Sun, 27 Jan 2002 21:46:50 +0100 Received: from idefix.local (320080844193-0001@[62.225.210.153]) by fmrl08.sul.t-online.com with smtp id 16UwCC-1AZGDoC; Sun, 27 Jan 2002 21:46:36 +0100 Received: (nullmailer pid 307 invoked by uid 1000); Sun, 27 Jan 2002 20:46:38 -0000 Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 21:46:38 +0100 From: Clemens Hermann To: Matthew Emmerton Cc: BSD NET-List Subject: Re: natd restart Message-ID: <20020127214638.A267@idefix.local> Mail-Followup-To: Clemens Hermann , Matthew Emmerton , BSD NET-List References: <20020126234617.C267@idefix.local> <5.1.0.14.0.20020127002514.01d56978@mail.drwilco.net> <20020127100745.A267@idefix.local> <00c401c1a743$2f8f9170$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <00c401c1a743$2f8f9170$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> von Matthew Emmerton am 27.Jan.2002 um 09:59:14 (-0500) X-Mailer: Mutt 1.2.5.1i (FreeBSD 4.4-RELEASE i386) X-Sender: 320080844193-0001@t-dialin.net Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Am 27.01.2002 um 09:59:14 schrieb Matthew Emmerton: Hi Matthew, > Why not just add an IP alias for the "new" network on each machine? Each > system will respond to packets directed to either network, but without the > complexity of a NAT box in the middle. Once you've got everything switched, > then you can remove the original IP addresses. Sounds like a way better solution as the one I thought of. Thanks a lot for this hint! > I've used this method in the > past to transition LANs between IP ranges and it works absolutely fine. Did you use Windows machines in this setup? There are many NT4 Boxes, Win2k, some 98 and 95 computers here. tia /ch -- "Contrary to popular belief, Unix is user friendly. It just happens to be selective about who it makes friends with." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message