From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 12 15:25: 3 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp3.hawaii.rr.com (smtp3.hawaii.rr.com [204.210.97.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0149A15295 for ; Mon, 12 Jul 1999 15:25:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from art@hawaii.rr.com) Received: from taz - 24.94.75.210 by smtp3.hawaii.rr.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.5.1774.114.11); Mon, 12 Jul 1999 12:12:52 -1000 Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.19990712122426.03078620@clients1.hawaii.rr.com> X-Sender: art@clients1.hawaii.rr.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 12:24:26 -1000 To: "Michael P. Neuman" From: "Art Neilson, KH7PZ" Subject: Re: natd/ipfw question. Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <000701becc2b$a50ceba0$04c809c0@kramer.cmsnet.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 01:59 AM 7/12/99 -0400, you wrote: > Hello. I'm currently running FreeBSD-3.2-RELEASE. I have natd and ipfw working > great right now I'm also runninng DNS. Currently, it directs my internal network > of unregistered IP's to the internet. What I want to also do is the reverse. I > want to be able to telnet to my computer with the unregistered address from the > internet. I.E.: I'm on the internet. I want to connect to kramer.cmsnet.net (IP > 192.168.1.2) from the internet. Is there a way to set up NATD/IPFW to do this??? > Thanks in advance. I hope you can understand what I'm saying > -- > Michael P. Neuman - Consultant, NeuTech Computer Consulting Wouldn't that defeat the purpose of the firewall? Besides, those unregistered IP addresses won't be honored by any DNS servers on the outside so you'd have to use the IP address. Not sure that would even work, I don't think any router would route that address on the outside. -- __ / ) _/_ It is a capital mistake to theorise before one has data. /--/ __ / Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, / (_/ (_<__ Instead of theories to suit facts. -- Sherlock Holmes, "A Scandal in Bohemia" Arthur W. Neilson III, KH7PZ Bank of Hawaii Tech Support art@hawaii.rr.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message