From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 10 18:50:45 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 10 18:50:43 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from berzerk.gpcc.itd.umich.edu (berzerk.gpcc.itd.umich.edu [141.211.2.162]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E32ED37B6AF for ; Sun, 10 Dec 2000 18:50:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from frogger.gpcc.itd.umich.edu (smtp@frogger.gpcc.itd.umich.edu [141.211.2.144]) by berzerk.gpcc.itd.umich.edu (8.8.8/4.3-mailhub) with ESMTP id VAA20294; Sun, 10 Dec 2000 21:50:40 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (timcm@localhost) by frogger.gpcc.itd.umich.edu (8.8.8/5.1-client) with ESMTP id VAA27370; Sun, 10 Dec 2000 21:50:39 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 21:50:39 -0500 (EST) From: Tim McMillen X-Sender: timcm@frogger.gpcc.itd.umich.edu To: David Raistrick Cc: Chris Hill , Sean Peck , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Configuring Gateway/NAT on Freebsd In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 10 Dec 2000, David Raistrick wrote: > On Sun, 10 Dec 2000, Chris Hill wrote: > > > > I have the public space entry for the single NIC card pointing to the > > > default router up in the ISP space... > > > > I don't know enough about networking to tell you exactly why this can't > > work, but I'm pretty sure it can't. Ethernet cards are cheap; is it > > worth this amount of trouble to save a measly few pence? > > (walking in in the middle..) > > This COULD be done with 1 ethernet card, at least in theory. Not sure the > specifics of how to get natd to do it, but it could theoretic be done..but > there is a condition that must be met. Yup, I've heard this is possible, but that in the past Natd has gotten confused by it and exploded. I don't know if the condition has been remedied. Tim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message