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Date:      Mon, 6 Sep 1999 10:15:23 +0300
From:      Ruslan Ermilov <ru@ucb.crimea.ua>
To:        Incoming Mail List <mailist@whoweb.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ipfw/natd won't resolve hostnames
Message-ID:  <19990906101523.C11485@relay.ucb.crimea.ua>
In-Reply-To: <199909050304.XAA09170@whoweb.com>; from Incoming Mail List on Sat, Sep 04, 1999 at 11:04:39PM -0400
References:  <199909050304.XAA09170@whoweb.com>

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On Sat, Sep 04, 1999 at 11:04:39PM -0400, Incoming Mail List wrote:
> 
> I have a typical public/private network configuration using
> FreeBSD 3.0 and 2 NICS.  One NIC connects to a cable modem
> and the other to my private network.  Ipfw and natd are being
> used to provide the private network with access to the outside
> world via the cable modem.  For testing purposes my only two
> ipfw rules are the natd divert and wide open accept from any
> to any rules.  Natd in verbose mode shows that translations
> are occuring.
> 
> My problem is that the private network can only reach the
> outside world if I specify IP addresses.  Name resolution
> is not occuring when hostnames are specified.  The
> resolv.conf file seems to be set up properly with name
> servers from the ISP.  Name resolution occurs fine from the
> FreeBSD box.
> 
> I've read various mail and articles describing the use of
> DNS for configurations such as this one, but I swear a few
> months ago this exact same configuration was working fine
> using only the ISP's nameservers as specified in the
> resolv.conf file.  I did put an outside IP/hostname in the
> /etc/hosts file to see if that would help, but it didn't.
> 
> What am I missing in my configuration that is preventing
> name resolution?  All machines on the private network are
> WIN95 systems.  The FreeBSD is acting as the gateway/firewall
> to the outside world.
> 
Describe exactly your configuration: public/private interfaces,
ipfirewall rules, natd configuration, etc.

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