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From: Paul Everlund <tdv94ped@cs.umu.se>
To: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com>
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Subject: Re: ADSL gateway - how to set up?
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On Mon, 15 Apr 2002, Peter Leftwich wrote:

> On Mon, 15 Apr 2002, Idar Tollefsen wrote:
> > Hello, I have a machine running FreeBSD 4.5 STABLE. This machine has
> > two NICs in it, one connected to the internal LAN and one connected to
> > a ADSL modem (I'm using PPPoE).
> > I've successfully managed to set them up so that the FreeBSD machine
> > has access to the Internet, that works flawlessly, but I'm not able to
> > get this machine to act as a gateway for other computers on my
> > network.
> > For the time being, internal IP addresses are used, but real once will
> > be put in place in the not so distant future.
> > I've done the following:
> >
> > rc.conf:
> > PPP_NAT="YES"
> > ENABLE_GATWAY="YES"
> >
> > ppp.conf:
> > nat enable yes
> >
>
> If you have ADSL, why then are you using ppp.conf?  Why not use dhclient
> (DHCP, or set static values)?

Some ADSL ISP:s uses PPPoE (Point-to-Point-Protocol over Ethernet).
If that's the case, then dhclient will not work.

> --
> Peter Leftwich
> President & Founder
> Video2Video Services
> Box 13692, La Jolla, CA, 92039 USA
> +1-413-403-9555

Best regards,
Paul


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