From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 15 21:59:17 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA09747 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 15 Oct 1998 21:59:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from poseidon.host4u.net (poseidon.host4u.net [209.150.128.23]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA09732 for ; Thu, 15 Oct 1998 21:59:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dan.langille@dvl-software.com) Received: from wocker (210-55-210-87.ipnets.xtra.co.nz [210.55.210.87]) by poseidon.host4u.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id XAA15022; Thu, 15 Oct 1998 23:58:47 -0500 Message-Id: <199810160458.XAA15022@poseidon.host4u.net> From: "Dan Langille" Organization: DVL Software Limited To: Bryce Newall Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 17:58:47 +1300 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Re: IP Forwarding Reply-to: dan.langille@dvl-software.com CC: FreeBSD Questions List References: <36269327.CEA0DC01@ne.mediaone.net> In-reply-to: X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.01b) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 15 Oct 98, at 18:20, Bryce Newall wrote: > 4. If you wish to use the -n or -interface flags, make sure that your > interface is already configured. If, for example, you wish to > specify tun0 as your interface, and you're using ppp(8) on that > interface, you must make sure that you start ppp prior to starting > natd. > > The problem is that the interface is *not* configured when the machine > first boots up, or if the DHCP server decides to reboot and assign > everyone new IPs. While the FreeBSD box is waiting for an IP, or if the > DHCP server reboots, the ethernet interface has a "temporary" IP of > 0.0.0.0. The question becomes, how do you get natd to not start until > *after* the IP is assigned? Or will the -dynamic switch handle that > eventuality? Try my website. I can't remember the details, but they are there. > Incidentally, is it still a good idea to have a second ethernet card to > handle the "internal" network, or is one card good enough to do the job? I think so. -- Dan Langille DVL Software Limited http://www.racingsystem.com : for race timing solutions To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message