Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 10:40:02 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: michael dorin <mike@chaski.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: routing help needed! Message-ID: <19971023104002.13010@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199710221756.RAA23153@chaski.com>; from michael dorin on Wed, Oct 22, 1997 at 05:56:36PM %2B0000 References: <199710221756.RAA23153@chaski.com>
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On Wed, Oct 22, 1997 at 05:56:36PM +0000, michael dorin wrote: > > Recently I posted a message regarding getting ppp going between > my isp and my small network. ppp is working fine, but I can't seem > to route anything using bsd as the gateway, except stuff the comes > off of bsd. > > How do I route things from the ethernet over to the network? > > I have six static ip address. > > xxx.xxx.xxx.233 is where the ppp connection comes up. > xxx.xxx.xxx.234,235,236,237,238 are my other routed addresses. > > How can I do this? You turn IP forwarding on: # sysctl -w net.inet.ip.forwarding=1 You can do this automatically at boot time by setting the following line in /etc/rc.conf: gateway_enable="YES" # Set to YES if this host will be a gateway. > How can I route packets for a machine named xxx.xxx.xxx.234 to the > internet? You tell the machine that X.233 is the Internet gateway. Make sure your net mask is set correctly: 255.255.255.248. Greg
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