Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2002 09:57:03 -0400 From: "Joe & Fhe Barbish" <barbish@a1poweruser.com> To: "Brossin Pierrick" <pbrossin@wxp.homeip.net> Cc: "FBSDQ" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Server and Gateway Message-ID: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGEEOJCEAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com> In-Reply-To: <1026132858.3d298b7a100ed@wxp.homeip.net>
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Yes you are very confused. gateway_enable="YES" statement in the rc.conf file does nothing by it's self. It tells the FBSD system this system is going to act as a gateway. You also have to include other options to tell it how to configure the gateway, like what program is doing the forwarding (IPfirewall or Ipfilter) and what program is doing the translation of the public ip to your LAN private ip address(user ppp -nat or ipfirewall natd or Ipfilter ipnat). natd_enable="YES" turns on the network address translation function of ipfw-ipfirewall. ppp_nat=YES turns on the NAT (network address translation) function of user ppp. only if you have an LAN behind your gateway box do you need to use NAT. FBSD has 2 ways to connect your FBSD box to the internet. For dialup phone call to your ISP you would use user ppp, it's configured using the /etc/ppp/ppp.conf file. It has it's own built in NAT function. For always on connections (DSl, cable, T1) in most cases you would use the DHCP method, and have to use the built in nat function of Ipfirewall or Ipfilter, both which are firewall applications. The environment most used by FBSD users are, Modem Dialup = user ppp -nat & ipfw without natd Always on = DHCP & ipfw with natd There are some variations to this, but for your current level of understanding this will suffice. -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Brossin Pierrick Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 8:54 AM To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Server and Gateway I don't know if my other message has been sent to the mailing list. Here is the message: --------- Hi, I'm still confused since there are many ways (apparently) to forward packets... I may be wrong though.. I saw: - gateway_enable="YES" - natd_enable="YES" - ppp_nat=YES there is also the ppp.conf way.. and it seems that there are other ways to do it.. If someone could explain me a little bit in which direction I have to go it would be very nice. Maybe the ppp.conf one is better than rc.conf one .. I dunno. Thanx ---------- Unix, Y2k compliant since 1970 ! FreeBSD - opening computers from closed Windows To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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