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Date:      Tue, 11 Apr 2000 17:43:01 -0400
From:      Paul Halliday <transmogrify@sympatico.ca>
To:        Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD networking
Message-ID:  <38F39C65.61F8BF44@sympatico.ca>
References:  <NDBBLNNFGKDKKFCHCHBPGEJCCNAA.rsmall@pwahec.org> <38F27580.B390B90A@sympatico.ca> <20000411163242.T60798@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk>

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Ben Smithurst wrote:
> 
> Paul Halliday wrote:
> 
> >       FreeBSD side: edit the necessary fields in you
> > /etc/defaults/rc.conf to turn the machine into a gateway. Again,
> > extremely staight forward. Good luck.
> 
> This is slightly bad advice.  You should NOT edit /etc/defaults/rc.conf
> directly.  Instead, override the settings there by putting them in
> /etc/rc.conf and changing them to whatever you want.  (This may be what
> you meant, but didn't quite explain it fully.)
> 

	I also forgot to include the most important thing... NATD. doh.
> --
> Ben Smithurst / ben@scientia.demon.co.uk / PGP: 0x99392F7D

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