From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jun 16 11:21:53 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from clmboh1-smtp3.columbus.rr.com (clmboh1-smtp3.columbus.rr.com [65.24.0.112]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 370D837B407 for ; Sat, 16 Jun 2001 11:21:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wmoran@iowna.com) Received: from iowna.com (dhcp065-024-023-038.columbus.rr.com [65.24.23.38]) by clmboh1-smtp3.columbus.rr.com (8.11.2/8.11.2) with ESMTP id f5GIINs24127; Sat, 16 Jun 2001 14:18:23 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <3B2BA382.6BC44FAB@iowna.com> Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2001 14:20:50 -0400 From: Bill Moran X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mike Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Extremely newbie question References: <01061614205600.00475@Frankie.Service> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 Mike wrote: > > i've set up a freebsd box as a router for my network, i have it able to ping > the network machines, and access the internet thru a direct attachment to a > cable modem thru an ne2000 compatible 10 base card. however, i need to have > the computers on the network (windows based) to access the internet... i > can't seem to get the internet passed thru to my network from ed0 to vr0 if > anybody has any ideas, or questions about my setup.. i'd be more than happy > to have them.. i feel like i'm right on the verge of getting it to work, but > i'm missing one little thing.. If all your IP addresses are non RFC-1918, you just need to make sure your /etc/rc.conf file contains the setting gateway_enable="YES" If your internal IPs are RFC-1918 addys, you'll need to set up ipfw/natd. See the man pages for an excellent step-by-step explanation. -Bill -- If a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, then what can I get for two hands in the bush? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message