From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 30 10:24:25 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA14856 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 30 Dec 1998 10:24:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mailhub.ainet.com (mailhub.ainet.com [204.30.40.29]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA14848 for ; Wed, 30 Dec 1998 10:24:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jmscott@ainet.com) Received: from shell.ainet.com (jmscott@shell.ainet.com [204.30.40.108]) by mailhub.ainet.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with SMTP id KAA01816; Wed, 30 Dec 1998 10:23:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost by shell.ainet.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA11080; for questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Wed, 30 Dec 98 10:26:03 PST Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 10:26:02 -0800 (PST) From: "Joseph M. Scott" To: Robin Huiser Cc: FreeBSD Questions List Subject: Re: IP translation software In-Reply-To: Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 30 Dec 1998, Robin Huiser wrote: > Hi! > > Right now I am using PPP to connect my FreeBSD server to the internet via a > modem. It works fine (and transparent) trough all the different types of OS > I use within my network. Each computer can connect to the internet via > FreeBSD without having to use a proxy-server or client. Very nice that, isn't it? If only I could get more of my business customers to go that route :-) > > Is there a package which can do the same thing (IP translation) between > network cards (instead of a networkcard and modem --> PPP)? You're in luck, I can answer this one! Take a look at natd ( /usr/sbin/natd I believe ). The manpage on natd give you all the info you need. There's a section that describes kind of the bare bones approach that should get you working and then you can play from there. > > Thanks in advance, > > Robin Huiser > --- * Joseph M. Scott * jmscott@ainet.com * American InfoMetrics * Modesto, CA To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message