Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 19:03:39 -0700 From: "Mitch James" <mitch@hardware.com> To: Sean Kelly <kelly@fsl.noaa.gov>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Private network & routing to the internet via PPP w/one Message-ID: <199609250155.SAA12448@dns2.noc.best.net>
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On 24 Sep 96 at 9:55, Sean Kelly wrote: > Mitch James wrote: > > My question is: Can > > FreeBSD 2.1.5 route the trafic for a private IP network as it comes on the > > CD-Rom without any other software? > > It sure can. I do this with my systems at home: one FreeBSD host has a > ppp connection to the Internet and an Ethernet interface to all the > other FreeBSD hosts. You just need to edit /etc/sysconfig and set the > gateway option to YES: > > # If you want this host to be a gateway, set to YES. > gateway=YES I've done this, however I think I have something screwy with my configuration and routing. I'm using RFC 1597 private network IP's in the 192.168.0.0 range. > Also, make sure you've set up routing correctly. Then, reboot your > system. > If you'd like to see copies of my /etc/sysconfig and related files, let > me know and I'll pass them along. Yes Please, I've searched the archives for some good examples. I think most of these discussions have gone private before they get to the archives. I do best with a starting point to understand what the manual says. If I can't make it work with an example I post ALL the ugly details of what I've done to myself. ;-) Cheers, Mitch ________________________________________________________________ Mitch James--Poulsbo, Wa Living near Latte' Land mitch@hardware.com James Lumber & Ace Hardware http://www.hardware.com/ Webmaster@waweb.com http://www.hardware.com/complist.html ________________________________________________________________
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