Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2001 21:39:18 -0600 From: Duke Normandin <01031149@3web.net> To: Kenneth W Cochran <kwc@world.std.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NAT with >1 gateway interface Message-ID: <20010902213917.A68607@mandy.rockingd.calgary.ab.ca> In-Reply-To: <200109022210.SAA23921@world.std.com>; from "Kenneth W Cochran" on Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 06:10:45PM References: <200109011358.JAA09511@world.std.com> <200109022210.SAA23921@world.std.com>
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On Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 06:10:45PM -0400, Kenneth W Cochran wrote: > > >From: Duke Normandin <01031149@3web.net> > > > >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 > > Nothing so grandiose. :) In this instance, cablemodem service > is "1-way" because the cable infrastructure in this neighborhood > does not (yet) support the "reverse channel." :( Dialup > (for the "outbound" connection) is to the cablemodem company. > > Fwiw, this is also similar to the way residential satellite > Internet service is commonly delivered; residential 2-way > satellite is in early deployment. > > -kc Thanks! Learn something(s) new every day... -- -duke Calgary, Alberta, Canada To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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