From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 28 17:38:26 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA27272 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 28 Dec 1998 17:38:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com (cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com [24.2.89.207]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA27259 for ; Mon, 28 Dec 1998 17:38:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com) Received: (from cjc@localhost) by cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA15278; Mon, 28 Dec 1998 20:38:51 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from cjc) From: "Crist J. Clark" Message-Id: <199812290138.UAA15278@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> Subject: Re: natd + hub + cable modem + nfs help please :-/ In-Reply-To: <36890FE0.FF72AB91@san.rr.com> from Doug at "Dec 29, 98 09:22:40 am" To: Studded@san.rr.com (Doug) Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 20:38:51 -0500 (EST) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Reply-To: cjclark@home.com X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL40 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Doug wrote, > I recently took the plunge and bought myself a new computer. My plan is > to make the old computer a firewall/natd/mail server and connect through > it using the new computer running freebsd sometimes and win 98 > sometimes. To that end I purchased a hub, cables, and a NIC for the new > computer. The old computer already has a NIC that was connected directly > to my cable modem. > > What I want to do is plug all 3 of these items into the hub and have > them play nicely together. :) To that end I've wiped the old computer > clean, installed 2.2.8-R on it, followed all the instructions to set up > natd, and plugged it and the cable modem into the hub. Whoa... Wait, let me get this straight. You're going to have the modem, the 'firewall,' and the new machine all plugged into the hub? That does not make sense. Your new computer is tied /directly/ to the outside world through the hub to modem. For the setup you seem to be interested in, you don't really need a hub; you need another NIC. You have: [ Hub ] | | | / | \ (ROW)-----Modem | New PC Old PC You want (I think): (ROW)-----Old PC--x--New PC ^ A cross-over cable. If you have only one IP assigned by your cable provider, this situation will get very confusing, very quickly. -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message