Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 11:36:06 -0500 (EST) From: Jason Maas <jason@djmaas.org> To: docs@freebsd.org Subject: SUGGESTION: talk about -dynamic flag to natd(8) in section 17.11 of the Handbook... Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0203141121340.3290-100000@jkm153.jason.net>
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Hello, I'm fairly new to FreeBSD (from the Linux world), and I setup a PC as a NATting router for my home network running FreeBSD 4.5-RELEASE, using our cable (TV) internet connection. I used information from the Handbook, which helped a lot! I have a suggestion: In section 17.11 (NAT) of the Handbook, please add some sort of mention about the "-dynamic" flag to natd. I know that you have references to the natd(8) man page all over, and I should have done a better job of reading through it, but I think that doing NAT with a dynamic address (usually from a DHCP server, as in my case) is a common enough situation that it'd be worth mentioning right there. I just got burned with my ISP gave me a new address and pointed me at a new gateway, and eventually all traffic from my FreeBSD box stopped working, because I hadn't passed the -dynamic flag to natd. I couldn't even ping the default gateway, so I assumed it was a problem on their end. Oops. Anyway, please consider adding info to the Handbook about using natd with dynamic IP addresses, I'm sure I'm not the first that learned that info the hard way. Thanks! Jason -- Jason Maas =-=-= jason@djmaas.org =-=-= www.djmaas.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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