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Date:      Thu, 29 Jun 2000 15:31:23 -0700
From:      "Robert M. Shields" <wildcard@bnswest.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: DSL / Routing / ipfw issues
Message-ID:  <395BCE3A.BE39EFA6@bnswest.net>

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Oh and one more thing...

I have NAT setup with the following in natd.conf:
dynamic yes
use_sockets yes
same_ports yes

Robert M. Shields

"Crist J. Clark" wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 28, 2000 at 07:51:43PM -0700, Robert M. Shields wrote:
> >   I had the firewall box enabled as a gateway with NAT onto the 2nd
network to
> > begin with...  ( I guess that was relevant info,  huh? )  I could
ping the fxp0
> > interface from any system on the LAN, but when I tried to reach the
675 on the
> > doze boxes, the packet would always time out.
> >
> >    Which is why I was looking into turning the firewall into a
network bridge,
> > to avoid all that hoopla with running NAT twice.  It's my
understanding while
> > acting a a bridge the firewall can just pass packets back and forth
between
> > networks, just as if they were physically connected, without any
name
> > translation or routing needed.   Or should I just say screw it,
loose the
> > firewall and use the NAT and  packet filtering in the 675?
>
> No need to run NAT twice. If you just want the FreeBSD box for
> firewalling, do not bridge either. Just setup the FreeBSD box with
> firewalling and IP forwarding enabled. Make sure to add the route
> (lemme see if I remember my Cisco syntax),
>
>   ip route 192.168.123.0 0.0.0.255 10.0.0.1
>
> To the 675. Unless the 675 is a lot dumber than I would expect Cisco
> hardware to be, all should work.
>
> Just do the NAT at the 675. If you do NAT at FreeBSD, no need for NAT
> at the 675. Flip a coin.
> --
> Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@alum.mit.edu
>
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