From owner-freebsd-isp Fri Feb 25 15:23:10 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from awfulhak.org (dynamic-68.max4-du-ws.dialnetwork.pavilion.co.uk [212.74.9.196]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70D2A37BDDA; Fri, 25 Feb 2000 15:22:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from hak.lan.Awfulhak.org (root@shift.lan.awfulhak.org [172.16.0.12]) by awfulhak.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id XAA54987; Fri, 25 Feb 2000 23:22:10 GMT (envelope-from brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org) Received: from hak.lan.Awfulhak.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hak.lan.Awfulhak.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA00422; Fri, 25 Feb 2000 22:04:37 GMT (envelope-from brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <200002252204.WAA00422@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: up@3.am Cc: David Wolfskill , freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.org, Greg Lehey Subject: Re: NAT port redirection question In-Reply-To: Message from of "Wed, 23 Feb 2000 13:15:08 EST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 22:04:37 +0000 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > On Wed, 23 Feb 2000, David Wolfskill wrote: > > > >Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 22:41:06 -0500 (EST) > > >From: > > > > >.... What it boils down to is that the natd man page is a complete waste > > >of time :-/ (somebody already told me this, but did *I* listen? noooo...) > > > > Hmmm.... I certainly found it useful; perhaps the above warrants some > > phrasing that restricts the scope to the situation you were addressing. > > Your'e absolutely correct. I should have said; using natd with (user) ppp > is a waste of time. Greg's (mostly excellent) book confused me here a > bit, as it had instructions for using both together, and included the > -alias switch, which I'm beginning to realize, negated the need for any > natd-specific configuration. I think Gregs book needs a bit of work in the user-ppp area (Greg cc'd - as a gentle poke :-). I looked at the 3rd edition in a bookshop a few weeks ago and it seems that this section hasn't been updated in a number of years. > Thanks! > > James Smallacombe PlantageNet, Inc. CEO and Janitor > up@3.am http://3.am > ========================================================================= To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message