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Subject: Re: How to setup a Gateway.
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Muthukumar Ratty said:
>Hi,
>	I have a basic question about freebsd networking. I couldnt
>find the answer in the handbook. Could some one help me in this?
>	
>	How to set up a freebsd gateway (multihomed) that forwards packets
>from one network to another (using routed)?

Do you really need to run a routing daemon?  If you just want to forward
packets between two nets (ie between the bunch of machines in your house
and the Internet) then all you need do is set gateway_enable="YES" in
/etc/rc.conf.

	Scott

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