From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 23 19:22:27 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05FC916A406 for ; Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:22:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from mail-out3.apple.com (mail-out3.apple.com [17.254.13.22]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C1C9E13C4C9 for ; Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:22:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from relay6.apple.com (relay6.apple.com [17.128.113.36]) by mail-out3.apple.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l2NJMQOf028658; Fri, 23 Mar 2007 12:22:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from relay6.apple.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by relay6.apple.com (Symantec Mail Security) with ESMTP id 3337810048; Fri, 23 Mar 2007 12:22:26 -0700 (PDT) X-AuditID: 11807124-b0689bb000001b9e-64-460428f29da0 Received: from [17.214.13.96] (cswiger1.apple.com [17.214.13.96]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by relay6.apple.com (Apple SCV relay) with ESMTP id 25F3810022; Fri, 23 Mar 2007 12:22:26 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20070323184751.GA45705@skytracker.ca> References: <20070323164024.GA1885@skytracker.ca> <1D15D7F6-E24E-4F5A-BB55-FBCE13076F25@mac.com> <20070323184751.GA45705@skytracker.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <12335A7C-91A9-46D5-BA81-FC2F5EF8FD61@mac.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Chuck Swiger Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 12:22:25 -0700 To: David Banning X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAA== Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how utilize several IP's on one line X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:22:27 -0000 On Mar 23, 2007, at 11:47 AM, David Banning wrote: >> Connect the DSL modem to a switch or hub, and connect several >> machines to that, each configured statically to use the /29 subnet >> which your ISP is making available to you. >> >> This is assuming your DSL modem deals with any PPPoE/PPPoA login >> stuff itself...if not, you might have to get a broadband router or >> config a FreeBSD box to do the PPPoE stuff and then route the subnet >> internally (perhaps using RFC-1918 addresses via natd & the >> redirect_address directive). > > Very helpful. Thanks Chuck. What decides which IP will go to each > machine? You do. :-) You can either statically configure each machine based on the network config info your ISP provides, or you can even set up DHCP + static IP configs using dhcpd and let automatic network config help out. It's easier to configure a FreeBSD machine to provide static IPs via DHCP than to do so on most "network appliance" style broadband routers. > The router? If so what kind of router is that called? What is the > term > I can search google on this to learn more? "broadband router". D-link, Linksys, and others make 'em-- I've got an 8-port Linksys BEFSR81 which works just dandy for my purposes. -- -Chuck