Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 17:46:20 -0800 (PST) From: mike@hyperreal.org To: Gene Harris <geneh@tetronsoftware.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: natd basic setup help (resolved!) Message-ID: <20001127014620.18000.qmail@hyperreal.org> In-Reply-To: <51F9B228ED26D311A17700A0C9982664013F48@tetboss.internal.tetronsoftware.com> from Gene Harris at "Nov 26, 2000 05:39:26 pm"
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Gene Harris wrote: > For the connection [FreeBSD_box]---[DSL modem], you may need a cross > over cable to connect the NIC to the DSL modem. Oh I think you misunderstood, and I didn't clarify about the cabling. The connection between the BSD box and the DSL modem is fine, using the cable that came with the DSL modem. The link failures occur when it's: [DSL modem]-----[regular port on switch] using DSL modem's cable or [FreeBSD_box]---[uplink port on switch] using different cable I hadn't tried every possible cable combination. I also think these results are to be expected. > Unless you need to perform static NAT, you do not need to redirect any > addresses. Ah, OK. You're right, I have no need to initiate connections to the boxes behind the firewall, so no need for redirects. > My natd.conf looks like: > log yes > use_sockets yes > same_ports yes > unregistered_only yes > interface xl0 Does the interface line here supercede natd_interface="xl0" in rc.conf? > For the firewall to become active, you need to add > firewall_enable="YES" to your /etc/rc.conf Yeesh, can't believe I missed that. Thanks! This, plus making my natd.conf look like yours did the trick. I also added 10.0.0.* entries in my /etc/hosts file. All seems to be well, at least with the open firewall. All boxes including the BSD box can talk to the outside world, and to each other. I appreciate the help here, especially in light of the fact that the Complete FreeBSD, the Handbook and the man pages don't quite cover everything one needs to do... Thanks again. -Mike To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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