From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG  Fri Aug 26 15:39:56 2005
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6731916A41F
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Fri, 26 Aug 2005 15:39:56 +0000 (GMT)
	(envelope-from freebsduser@comcast.net)
Received: from sccrmhc12.comcast.net (sccrmhc12.comcast.net [63.240.76.22])
	by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE79543D4C
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Fri, 26 Aug 2005 15:39:55 +0000 (GMT)
	(envelope-from freebsduser@comcast.net)
Received: from opteron (c-67-171-212-242.hsd1.or.comcast.net[67.171.212.242])
	by comcast.net (sccrmhc12) with SMTP
	id <2005082615395201200090v1e>; Fri, 26 Aug 2005 15:39:53 +0000
Message-ID: <004b01c5aa54$b04ae400$3264a8c0@opteron>
From: "K Anderson" <freebsduser@comcast.net>
To: "Derrill Guilbert" <derrill@gmail.com>,
	<freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
References: <430F2F54.4010902@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 08:41:55 -0700
X-Priority: 3
X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180
X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Response
Cc: 
Subject: Re: First time gateway/router
X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
Precedence: list
List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 15:39:56 -0000


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Derrill Guilbert" <derrill@gmail.com>
To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 8:03 AM
Subject: First time gateway/router


> Is there a walkthrough or something online to teach me how to make a 
> freebsd box into a gateway/firewall? I've not ever run a FreeBSD box that 
> wasn't already behind some other kind of firewall, and don't want to screw 
> it up.
It's not really a walk through, but you'll get the idea on how to do it. 
Check out the FreeBSD documentation at the below URL. Look at sections 
26.2.3 and 26.2.4.
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-routing.html

Here's another one, a bit more of a walkthrough. If you don't need IPSEC 
then you can probably skip those steps:
http://www.lugbe.ch/lostfound/contrib/freebsd_router/

Or...
http://www.mostgraveconcern.com/freebsd/ (On the left click on Setting-up a 
Dual-Homed Host.