Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2001 23:29:27 +1100 From: "Bruce Piper" <bruce_piper@hotmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Routing question Message-ID: <F130VuRWCy7rjcxtniF00004139@hotmail.com>
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Hi there I have just added a second router to my network. The existing router (slow) has a fixed (public) IP address and all the addresses on my LAN are public static addresses. The new router is much faster but uses NAT to map a single IP address from my ISP onto my internal network. On my FreeBSD boxes, if I change the 'default router' to the address of the new router internal access from these boxes to the internet is much faster. However mail and web access from outside into my network (which come via the fixed IP address of the slow router) don't get through, I presume because when the FreeBSD boxes reply they send their reply to the default router which is the new one which is not the one that the requests have come through on (if you follow me...). My question is, is there any way to have a number of routers on my network, each of which has access to the internet, and ensure that people accessing the network externally via the fixed IP address and associated domain names get their requests served properly, but by default from those same servers they use the fast link except where absolutely necessary. Or am I completely confused? Many thanks for any assistance Bruce Piper _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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