Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 23:00:25 -0700 (PDT) From: Chris P <freebsd@rawfire.torche.com> To: Eduardo Viruena Silva <mrspock@esfm.ipn.mx> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NAT + 5.0-RELEASE #0 Message-ID: <20030513225920.P49404@rawfire.torche.com> In-Reply-To: <20030513121500.Q9633@Gina.esfm.ipn.mx> References: <20030511202927.A827@rawfire.torche.com> <20030512033615.P88785@Gina.esfm.ipn.mx> <20030513070041.R8647@rawfire.torche.com> <20030513121500.Q9633@Gina.esfm.ipn.mx>
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On Tue, 13 May 2003, Eduardo Viruena Silva wrote: > On Tue, 13 May 2003, Chris P wrote: > > > OK, no responces.. so I went and tried it. Indeed you do need to tweak > > the kernel. However Its best to start with a fresh GENERIC kernel, and > > make your mods only a few at a time. Many mod's I had in my old did not > > work in the new. Plus the instructions for 4.8 are not exacting for 5.0, > > so you may have to play with things to get it all to work. Overall it was > > not too tough. > > > Sorry, Cris, when you asked if I really have installed that with FreeBSD > 5.0 I realize that I have not. > > So, I updated an old computer that we use as router in a private > network and everything worked ok with FreeBSD 5.0-RELEAE p7 > > And Yes, you have to modify your kernel... > > I think that you are right, making modifications in your kernel > description, one at the time, will make you step on solid ground if > something goes wrong. If you proceed with GENERIC kernel, just remember > that you only need two more lines in your kernel description: > > options IPDIVERT > options IPFIREWALL > > so, if you add them it will work. > > Your network configuration will not work if you don't specify in rc.conf > firewall_enable=YES and firewall_type="filename", filename is a file with > your firewall configuration or you can set it to OPEN to make your tests. > > Good luck. > Yeap.. Just like I said, anyone doing this really should modify the new generic one step at at a time. There is a few things that are diff now. C.
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