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Date:      Wed, 29 May 2002 23:40:33 -0400
From:      "Pablo Delgado" <drako300@hotmail.com>
To:        barbish@a1poweruser.com
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   RE: GATEWAY -- SOLUTION
Message-ID:  <F37U94sBSsDPL70s4qd0000e9e1@hotmail.com>

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After doing futher reading and testing I found that Joe was correct. You 
only need to start ppp with the "-nat" option. Sorry for the mistake. Thanks 
for the correction Joe.

Pablo Delgado


>From: "Joe & Fhe Barbish" <barbish@a1poweruser.com>
>Reply-To: <barbish@a1poweruser.com>
>To: "Pablo Delgado" <drako300@hotmail.com>
>Subject: RE: GATEWAY -- SOLUTION
>Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 15:47:26 -0400
>
>You are wrong. You do not need to start natd if you are using user ppp 
>-nat.
>natd is only designed to be used with dsl or cable access. If your want to
>use ipfw firewall then follow instructions at the how-to I pointed you too
>in my first response to your post.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
>[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Pablo Delgado
>Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 3:38 PM
>To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
>Subject: GATEWAY -- SOLUTION
>
>I would like to thank everyone that replyed to my email. Usually when I 
>seek
>help in other places people reply with dumb comments.
>
>The Solution I found:
>I found that YES you were all correct NAT was the solution. I sat all
>morning reading the natd manual on the system and I saw that it says if you
>are going to use PPP as your interface that you would need to start PPP
>first like so " ppp -nat -[mode] -[connection]". After you are connected to
>your ISP then you run natd like so               "natd -interface tun0".
>After that, it worked. Note: this is only if your gateway machine is using
>ppp as the uplink.
>
>I would like to know were I can post this information so others in the
>future can find it.
>If anyone call tell me I would appreciate it.
>
>Thank everyone,
>Pablo Delgado




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