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Date:      Thu, 24 Sep 1998 16:10:26 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Thomas David Rivers <rivers@dignus.com>
To:        dan@dpcsys.com, rivers@dignus.com
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freefall.cdrom.com
Subject:   Re: Here's a NATD thingy to try out...
Message-ID:  <199809242010.QAA17561@lakes.dignus.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980924103403.18375K-100000@java.dpcsys.com>

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> On Wed, 23 Sep 1998, Thomas David Rivers wrote:
> > I'm using 2.2.6 - and perhaps this has already been addressed in 2.2.7;
> > and maybe 3.0.
> > 
> > But, on an "interior" host (one which is not directly connected to
> > the internet); when I use netscape and try to get to AOL (it's just
> > an example page I've found), I discover that the page will never
> > make it.
> 
> I had a 2.2.6 box w/ natd and ipfw handling a bunch of PCs at a
> trade show a month ago.  Everything worked just fine.  And while
> I never tried to get to AOL I'm sure several of the booth visitors
> did.
> 
> Do you only see this with the URL above or some subset of the
> Internet or does nothing work?

 Most things work just fine; it's only the odd HTTP reference that seems
to go ger-flunkers.  

  http://www.aol.com is an example of a place where netscape running
on an interior node won't succeed; but netscape running on the gateway
machine works just fine.

	- Dave Rivers -

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