From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Oct 27 15:58: 9 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E17A37B401 for ; Sun, 27 Oct 2002 15:58:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp02.mrf.mail.rcn.net (smtp02.mrf.mail.rcn.net [207.172.4.61]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A48843E42 for ; Sun, 27 Oct 2002 15:58:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rjhalljr@starpower.net) Received: from [208.58.197.66] (helo=bronse.starpower.net) by smtp02.mrf.mail.rcn.net with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #4) id 185xI8-00070r-00 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Sun, 27 Oct 2002 18:58:02 -0500 Message-Id: <5.1.1.6.1.20021027185505.00a73d88@pop.starpower.net> X-Sender: rjhalljr@pop.starpower.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1.1 Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2002 18:58:09 -0500 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: Robert Hall Subject: Re: Starting natd In-Reply-To: <20021027221810.GB243@earth.dpsca.bg> References: <5.1.1.6.1.20021027141511.00ad07e8@pop.starpower.net> <5.1.1.6.1.20021026141358.00a82db0@pop.starpower.net> <5.1.1.6.1.20021026141358.00a82db0@pop.starpower.net> <5.1.1.6.1.20021027141511.00ad07e8@pop.starpower.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 12:18 AM 10/28/2002 +0200, D. Penev wrote: >On Sun, Oct 27, 2002 at 02:18:21PM -0500, Robert Hall wrote: >>Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2002 14:18:21 -0500 >>To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >>From: Robert Hall >>Subject: Re: Starting natd >> >>At 11:41 PM 10/26/2002 +0300, you wrote: >>>On Sat, Oct 26, 2002 at 02:18:01PM -0500, Robert Hall wrote: >>>>Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2002 14:18:01 -0500 >>>>To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >>>>From: Robert Hall >>>>Subject: Starting natd >>>> >>>>I'm setting up a FBSD 4.4 box as a gateway. I've got >>>> natd_enable="YES" >>>> natd_interface="ppp0" >>>>in rc.config, but I can't get natd to run without entering >>>> natd -interface ppp0 >>>>at the comand prompt. I assume this is a configuration problem, but >>>>I've been through the files several times and can't find an error. Can >>>>someone tell me how to get natd to run automatically? >>> >>>If you use user ppp ( ppp(8) not pppd(8)) I suggest you to use build in nat >>>in rc.conf : >>>ppp_nat="YES" >>> >>>But if you for some reasons want to use natd, then you must first start ppp >>>or pppd before starting natd. Note if you use ppp set interface to tun0 not >>>to ppp0. >> >>I'm using kernel ppp (pppd). It is already set up and it runs. I have set >>up FreeBSD boxes before with this configuration, and natd started >>automatically and ran without any intervention on my part. For some >>reason, it doesn't do that this time, and I have to start it manually. >>I'm hoping someone can tell me why, so I can fix it. > >Put in rc.conf: >natd_flags="-dynamic" Thanks, that did it. But I've never needed that flag before. Bob Hall To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message