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Date:      Sat, 1 Sep 2001 15:28:23 -0600
From:      Duke Normandin <01031149@3web.net>
To:        Kenneth W Cochran <kwc@world.std.com>
Cc:        Freebsd Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: NAT with >1 gateway interface
Message-ID:  <20010901152822.A1019399@mandy.rockingd.calgary.ab.ca>
In-Reply-To: <200109011358.JAA09511@world.std.com>; from "Kenneth W Cochran" on Sat, Sep 01, 2001 at 09:58:09AM
References:  <200109011358.JAA09511@world.std.com>

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On Sat, Sep 01, 2001 at 09:58:09AM -0400, Kenneth W Cochran wrote:
> - Connected to a "hybrid" aka "1-way" cable-modem,
> - "Receives" via cablemodem/Ethernet (fxp0, config'ed as 10.0.0.11/24)
> - "Transmits/outgoing" is via analog dial-modem & ppp(d).
> - "Real" ip-address is established by (kernel) pppd (ppp0),
>   and is "officially" dynamic, even though it always (at least
>   right now) gets the same ip-address.

Just out of curiosity, why this kind of connectivity? Are these "1-way"
cable-modems widely available and commonly used? Sounds like something
*I* would do.... making do with what I can scrounge up. ;) I'm not trying
to be a smart-ass or derogatory here -- I'm intrigued! Do you connect to
one upstream provider for both in/out-bound? Ah... the endless
possibilities! TIA...
-- 
-duke
Calgary, Alberta, Canada


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