From owner-freebsd-questions Thu May 4 4:45:50 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from axl.ops.uunet.co.za (axl.ops.uunet.co.za [196.31.2.163]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B44F37B6CA for ; Thu, 4 May 2000 04:45:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sheldonh@axl.ops.uunet.co.za) Received: from sheldonh (helo=axl.ops.uunet.co.za) by axl.ops.uunet.co.za with local-esmtp (Exim 3.13 #1) id 12nK4C-0000vt-00; Thu, 04 May 2000 13:45:16 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: pirat Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: router: what is interface In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 04 May 2000 11:52:34 +0700." Date: Thu, 04 May 2000 13:45:16 +0200 Message-ID: <3588.957440716@axl.ops.uunet.co.za> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 04 May 2000 11:52:34 +0700, pirat wrote: > i am not sure if tun0 and sl0 are interfaces or not. > my machine has one de0 and com1 port connected to modem. > once i dial up to my isp via modem and get connected, will my small > machine be a router too ? Effectively, yes. Assuming de0 connects it to a local area network, your machine can act as a gateway router between tun0 and de0. If you set it up as a gateway, as per the instructions in the Handbook (or is it the PPP primer? I forget), hosts on your local area network will see your dial-up host as a hop in their traceroutes. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message