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Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 13:39:08 -0400
To: Scott Mitchell <scott@dcs.qmw.ac.uk>,
        Muthukumar Ratty <muthur@moving-stone.rutgers.edu>
From: Matthew Hagerty <matthew@wolfepub.com>
Subject: Re: How to setup a Gateway.
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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


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