Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2005 18:13:17 +0000 From: Chris Hodgins <chodgins@cis.strath.ac.uk> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: "J.D. Bronson" <jbronson@wixb.com> Subject: Re: [repost] ip.forwarding with pf Message-ID: <422753BD.1020508@cis.strath.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <20050303171413.GB38641@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> References: <6.2.0.14.2.20050303061448.00a34520@localhost> <9e46c99e05030307153a916d11@mail.gmail.com> <20050303171413.GB38641@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv>
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Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On 2005-03-03 10:15, Tomas Quintero <tomasq@gmail.com> wrote: > >>On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 06:30:52 -0600, J.D. Bronson <jbronson@wixb.com> wrote: >> >>>No one replied to this and I thought it was easy for someone on this >>>list to help me? >>> >>>I am going to run pf and setup FBSD as a router (3 NICs). >>>And I see there are some options: >>> >>>net.inet.ip.fastforwarding >>>or >>>net.inet.ip.forwarding >>> >>>Can someone tell me which is appropriate when FreeBSD 5.4-PRE is >>>used as a router running pf with built in NAT ? >> >>Are you entirely sure you want to do it using PF? Has PF even been >>fully implemented into the 5.x series? > > > Yes. The 5.3-RELEASE version was the first official release of FreeBSD > that included PF as part of the base system. > > As far as the original question, regarding PF and forwarding, the answer > is AFAIK, that it should work. I haven't used PF's network address > translation until now, but I don't see why it wouldn't work. > > Packet forwarding is, unless I'm mistaken, a prerequisite for any > gateway. The fact that the gateway also translates addresses is not > obligatory but just a characteristics of the local network topology > (i.e. availability of public addresses). > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Hmm I found this: http://mailman.twdx.net/pipermail/occaid/2003-October/000250.html Google for "freebsd net.inet.ip.fastforwarding". Chris
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