Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 11:38:58 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: Craig Beasland <craig@hotmix.com.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IP Aliasing Message-ID: <199809301038.LAA08163@woof.lan.awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 30 Sep 1998 18:24:03 %2B0800." <001d01bdec5c$37313500$0a1e21cb@superbruce.hotmix.com.au>
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> Hi there,
>
> I have a machine which is permanently connected to the net via a valid IP
> address. I would like to set up a second machine which is connected via
> Ethernet to the first machine which does aliasing for a number of machines
> with IP's in the non-routable tables 10.10.10.*. I know with a dial up
> connection and ppp, I can ppp -alias.
Heh - I think you've figured out all the answers already...
> My question is
> 1) can I do a similar thing to ppp -alias using ethernet (IPFW & NATD)
Yep. Natd uses the same code (libalias) as ppp to do the packet
aliasing.
> 2) would it be easier to connect the two machines via a serial cable and use
> ppp.
Marginally, but it'd be a lot slower.
> 3) something much better which solves all my problems.
Nope - sorry. IMHO, natd's your best option.
> Any help appreciated
>
> Cheers
> Craig
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