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Date:      Thu, 14 Sep 2000 23:17:30 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Bob K <melange@yip.org>
To:        Wayne M Barnes <stabilizer@klentaq.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Location of IP masqurade docs
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009142316470.22810-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <200009150310.WAA06226@klentaq.com>

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I would suggest:  man natd

It's got a rather handy step-by-step explanation for doing this sort of
thing.

On Thu, 14 Sep 2000, Wayne M Barnes wrote:

> Dear Stablizers,
> 
>     My 4.0 system dials out over an external modem, and I have
> here at home a W98 system connected to the FreeBSD system
> over ethernet, expecting the FreeBSD system to be the Gateway.
> 
>     How do I set this up?  Just setting gateway_enable="YES"
> does not seem to be enough.  "IP masquerade" only appears in
> the hype/advertising sections of the handbook directory,
> as far as I can find.
> 
>     Is there another technical name for this?  
> 
>     I would be grateful for more recipe hints.  My system
> does dial out and connect to the world using ppp, but noow
> I want to share this connection with other computers in the house.
> 
>     The FreeBSD system's rc.conf.local specifies ip addresses as:
>     ifconfig_ppp0=""
>     ifconfig_dc0="inet 192.168.0.3 netmask 255.255.255.0"
>     hostname="chica.renaldo.net"
> 
>     That last host name is not really legal.  Is that a problem?
> In /etc/resolv.conf, I actually have another domain name set
> (the one of my IP, a university).
> 
>     Well, I don't want to go on too long, if you can just
> please answer with a nice link to a detailed recipe, or
> a few .conf files that work for you, I would be ever so
> grateful.
> 
>     Thank you,
> 	      
> Wayne M Barnes      stabilizer@klentaq.com
> 
> 
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			without the RCMP coming after me."
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