Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2005 08:07:25 -0800 (PST) From: Rob <spamrefuse@yahoo.com> To: FreeBSD questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: FreeBSD server behind router-NAT; how to configure sendmail? Message-ID: <20050402160725.34044.qmail@web54007.mail.yahoo.com>
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Hi, My ISP provides me with a fixed IP address and a registered hostname. I use a Sitecom DC-207 that serves as a plain router, NAT and 4-port switch, to connect three Windows PCs and one FreeBSD PC simultaneously to the internet. The router gets the fixed IP address, whereas my FreeBSD system gets IP 192.168.123.1 with a fake hostname. The router is configured to redirect the usual TCP/IP server ports to the FreeBSD PC (e.g. ports 22, 25, 80 etc.), which makes the FreeBSD PC a kind of virtual server for my fixed IP address. One of the problems I encounter is this: Sendmail on the FreeBSD PC cannot deliver email, because there seems to be a DNS issue, because the FreeBSD PC does not have an official IP & hostname. How do I configure my FreeBSD PC so, that sendmail thinks the PC has the official IP address/hostname provided by my ISP, which is actually used by the router? Or should I follow a different configuration scheme for achieving these goals? Thanks, Rob. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Personals - Better first dates. More second dates. http://personals.yahoo.com
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