Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 11:49:21 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: "Michael P. Soulier" <msoulier@digitaltorque.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: setting up a NAT gateway with PPPoE Message-ID: <447j4ssgse.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <fb6605670605101817k17ecbfb4wf64cb41c9346f074@mail.gmail.com> (Michael P. Soulier's message of "Wed, 10 May 2006 21:17:42 -0400") References: <fb6605670605101817k17ecbfb4wf64cb41c9346f074@mail.gmail.com>
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"Michael P. Soulier" <msoulier@digitaltorque.ca> writes: > People, > > I have just set up my 5.4 box as a gateway to my DSL connection. I > used this section of the freebsd handbook. > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/pppoe.html > > I enabled NAT on the PPP connection, and viola, it works. You have musical accompaniment? > I still have to set up my firewall, but I'm curious about how natd works. > > Looking here > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-natd.html > > I tried to run natd, but I got an error that the socket type was not > supported. Do I really need to recompile the GENERIC kernel in 5.4 to > support NAT? Yes. See the section of that page titled "Configuration". > I'm also unclear about how to tell natd which local networks to NAT. The "divert" rule(s) in your ipfw configuration. > Also, why is NAT capability in both PPP and natd? Convenience.
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