From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 26 17:13: 2 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from tomts22-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts22.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.184]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 741EE37B419 for ; Tue, 26 Mar 2002 17:12:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from xena.gsicomp.on.ca ([65.95.178.46]) by tomts22-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.4.01.03.23 201-229-121-123-20010418) with ESMTP id <20020327011249.WVSA23349.tomts22-srv.bellnexxia.net@xena.gsicomp.on.ca>; Tue, 26 Mar 2002 20:12:49 -0500 Received: from xena.gsicomp.on.ca (xena.gsicomp.on.ca [192.168.0.3]) by xena.gsicomp.on.ca (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id g2R11J769441; Tue, 26 Mar 2002 20:01:19 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from matt@xena.gsicomp.on.ca) Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 20:01:19 -0500 (EST) From: Matthew Emmerton To: Paul Everlund Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PPPoE, NAT and IPDIVERT In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 26 Mar 2002, Paul Everlund wrote: > Hi! > > I have two questions I hope someone can answer: > > 1. When using PPPoE and ppp. Is there any advantage using > ppp's own NAT over IPFW's NAT? Why should I use ppp's > NAT instead of IPFW's, or why shouldn't I use it? If you're using ppp, it's probably best to use ppp's nat support. > 2. If I use ppp's NAT, do I have to compile IPDIVERT into > the kernel? No. That's one of the major benefits of ppp's NAT. -- Matt Emmertony To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message