Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 13:39:08 -0400 From: Matthew Hagerty <matthew@wolfepub.com> To: Scott Mitchell <scott@dcs.qmw.ac.uk>, Muthukumar Ratty <muthur@moving-stone.rutgers.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to setup a Gateway. Message-ID: <3.0.3.32.19980619133908.03188cf8@wolfepub.com> In-Reply-To: <199806181119.MAA09749@hotpoint.dcs.qmw.ac.uk> References: <108331713@toto.iv>
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At 12:19 PM 6/18/98 +0100, Scott Mitchell wrote: >Muthukumar Ratty said: >>Hi, >> I have a basic question about freebsd networking. I couldnt >>find the answer in the handbook. Could some one help me in this? >> >> How to set up a freebsd gateway (multihomed) that forwards packets >>from one network to another (using routed)? > >Do you really need to run a routing daemon? If you just want to forward >packets between two nets (ie between the bunch of machines in your house >and the Internet) then all you need do is set gateway_enable="YES" in >/etc/rc.conf. > > Scott *and* run natd unless all your machines have static IP addresses assigned to them by your service provider. man natd for details. I just set it up last night, works like a champ. Matthew To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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