From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Sep 24 08:56:06 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id IAA02416 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 24 Sep 1996 08:56:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id IAA02355 for ; Tue, 24 Sep 1996 08:56:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id IAA03284; Tue, 24 Sep 1996 08:55:57 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 08:55:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Mitch James cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Private network & routing to the internet via PPP w/one IP In-Reply-To: <199609240027.RAA01436@dns2.noc.best.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 23 Sep 1996, Mitch James wrote: > I have been reading the archives and all the fine manuals I can find to > for an answer and still don't have one. I need to double check my > understanding of what FreeBSD V2.1.5 can do. > > I have one IP via PPP to a local ISP. I am using the BSD box to connect > and want to route the private network IP's in and out to the Internet. > I'm using a 3com 509 eithernet card to the Win95 machines. I'm able to > telnet into the BSD box but not though to the Inet. My question is: Can > FreeBSD 2.1.5 route the trafic for a private IP network as it comes on the > CD-Rom without any other software? or Must I use SOCK5 ? Are there other > options to SOCKS5? Question: Are the private LAN's IP addresses Internet-legal? If yes, you should be able to enable gatewaying in /etc/sysconfig and all should be well. If not, you'll have to use SOCKS or NAT as a proxy server. > One last question, is there a port/package preprepared for FreeBSD 2.1.5 > available @freebsd.org? If there is, where is it? Yes, there is a socks5 port at ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/net/socks5 > Thank you all in advance, the sharing of your cumulative knowledge has been > one of the greatest benifits of I've received from learning about FreeBSD. :-) Perhaps we can add this ppp<->internet gatewaying mess to a FAQ. It's the Question Of The Month. :-) Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major