From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Apr 26 17:49:02 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id RAA15074 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 26 Apr 1996 17:49:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from iectech.com (netgate.iectech.com [198.136.226.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id RAA15067 for ; Fri, 26 Apr 1996 17:49:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: by netgate.iectech.com id <6146>; Fri, 26 Apr 1996 20:48:14 -0400 From: Chris Peltier To: "'questions@FreeBSD.org'" Subject: Private address forwarding by BSD Date: Fri, 26 Apr 1996 20:41:50 -0400 X-Mailer: Microsoft Exchange Server Internet Mail Connector Version 4.12.736 Encoding: 9 TEXT Message-Id: <96Apr26.204814edt.6146@netgate.iectech.com> Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk We are building a private WAN behind an application gateway and would like to use "Private Addresses" as described in RFC1597. We have several FreeBSD machines which also act as routers. The question is: Does FreeBSD forward ip packets for private networks (using private addressing and assuming the routing tables are correct) or does it reject them? -- Chris Peltier