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Date:      Tue, 9 Oct 2001 16:12:30 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Mikko Tyolajarvi <mikko@dynas.se>
To:        airyk@sdf.lonestar.org
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: questions about pppoe
Message-ID:  <200110092312.f99NCUg32206@mikko.rsa.com>
References:  <Pine.NEB.4.33.0110090539080.10310-100000@sdf.lonestar.org>

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In local.freebsd.questions you write:

>ok, i have a few questions that i am having trouble finding the answers
>too

>all the tutorials i see say that you need to recompiled the kernel to add
>NETGRAPH support. but the current versions of freebsd will load it
>automatically if you don't have it compiled in the kernel, right? so is it
>better to just let it load, or is it better to have it in the kernel?

The tutorials are a bit dated.  You don't have to modify your kernel
to run pppoe, just let the automatic loading take care of it.

>second question: you can add options for NAT in the ppp.conf file. does
>this mean that ppp takes care of all the NAT stuff? or do i still have to
>set up natd? if ppp does take care of all the nat stuff, do i still have
>to compile IPFIREWALL and IPDIVERT into the kernel?

Ppp will handle nat for you.  No kernel changes required.

  $.02,
  /Mikko
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 Mikko Työläjärvi_______________________________________mikko@rsasecurity.com
 RSA Security

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