From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Sep 2 21: 9:10 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp1.cybersurf.net (smtp1.cybersurf.net [209.197.145.111]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9DADB37B403 for ; Sun, 2 Sep 2001 21:09:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from 3web.net ([209.197.154.10]) by smtp1.cybersurf.net (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with SMTP id GJ2JJ000.2H4 for ; Sun, 2 Sep 2001 22:09:00 -0600 Received: by 3web.net (EzMTS MTSAgent 1.22b Service) ; Sun, 02 Sep 01 22:09:03 -0600 for Received: from 3web.net (127.0.0.1) by 3web.net (EzMTS MTSSmtp 1.50 Service) ; Sun, 02 Sep 01 21:39:39 -0600 for Received: by mandy.rockingd.calgary.ab.ca (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sun, 2 Sep 2001 21:39:20 +4200 Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2001 21:39:18 -0600 From: Duke Normandin <01031149@3web.net> To: Kenneth W Cochran Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NAT with >1 gateway interface Message-ID: <20010902213917.A68607@mandy.rockingd.calgary.ab.ca> Mail-Followup-To: Kenneth W Cochran , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <200109011358.JAA09511@world.std.com> <200109022210.SAA23921@world.std.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200109022210.SAA23921@world.std.com>; from "Kenneth W Cochran" on Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 06:10:45PM X-Envelope-Receiver: 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 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