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Date:      Mon, 13 Nov 2000 22:36:05 -0500 (EST)
From:      Tim McMillen <timcm@umich.edu>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD GW vs Router
Message-ID:  <Pine.SOL.4.10.10011132209350.10037-100000@seawolf.gpcc.itd.umich.edu>
In-Reply-To: <3A10701C.18377C45@atipa.com>

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Ok, thanks for all the info on port forwarding everybody.  But has
has anybody actually gotten port forwarding to work on the Linksys?
I need to set up static addressing in order to do that, and I can't get
static addressing to work.  Here's what I've tried:
I go in and disable dhcp.  Then I go to the advanced tab, then static
routing.  I try to add a route like this:
Destination LAN IP:   192.168.1.101
Subnet Mask:          255.255.255.0
Default Gateway:      192.168.1.1   (The Linksys)
Hop count:            1

I have one static IP and three computers and a printer behind the Linksys.
When I put in the above values (mostly guesses) in and hit apply, it says
command completed or some such, but when I hit show routing tables it
doesn't change at all beyond the default routes.  Tech support was mostly
clueless, but said I should try an address in the 2-99 range instead of
101 or over.  That didn't work either.
	I'm obviously a little dumb on IP addressing.  I've tried to read
up on it but don't understand what I read.  What addresses should I pick,
and once I do, how do I know which computer was set to which?  
I want to port forward ssh to the FreeBSD box, and I can do the setup
for that fine, but it won't work until I get the static routing setup.
I also want static routing for the printer.
I'd really appreciate any help,

							Thanks,
								Tim
Any RTFM manual responses are fine, of course tell me which FM!


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On Mon, 13 Nov 2000, John Krueger wrote:

> The Linksys will give access to machines inside from machines on the
> outside, if you set up port forwarding.  IIRC, you have to disable the
> DHCP server on the Linksys box.  You can get to the port forwarding,
> filtering, static and dynamic routing, etc, from the Advanced tab of the
> configuration page.  The little blue box is actually quite flexible, but
> I agree that a freebsd box could be _more_ flexible.
> 
> --john



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