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Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 00:01:09 -0700
From: "Crist J . Clark" <cjclark@reflexnet.net>
To: Mike Johnson <ahze@baddog.yi.org>
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Subject: Re: Bridge.
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On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 01:17:27PM -0400, Mike Johnson wrote:
> 
> In the page http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/bridging.html in 16.3.4 it says 
> add a couple lines  to /etc/sysctl.conf  to enable bridgeing. .. Im useing
> FreeBSD4.1-2000902  and I dont have /etc/sysctl.conf. 

Make one. It is read by /etc/rc.sysctl.

> What Im tring to do is set up a masqrade box ,

Whazzat? You mean NAT?

> Im not sure this is the
> right way either. if now could someone tell me how or where I can find info
> on how to do this

Note the following in the Handbook page you mention,

  16.3.2. Situations where bridging is appropriate
  .
  .
  .
  16.3.2.2. Filtering/traffic shaping firewall

  The second common situation is where firewall functionality is
  needed without IP Masquerading (NAT).

For info, see natd(8).
-- 
Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@alum.mit.edu


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