Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 22:23:39 -0800 From: darren kirby <bulliver@badcomputer.org> To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Home Network, step by step? Message-ID: <200412122223.47056.bulliver@badcomputer.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0412131353180.21871@mussel.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au> References: <a832a7b9041212204846c889d0@mail.gmail.com> <200412122133.18467.bulliver@badcomputer.org> <Pine.LNX.4.58.0412131353180.21871@mussel.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] quoth the David Adam: > Darren, > > This will not always work. Case in point: The SB5100 Cable Modem. It's > just a bridge device. > Showing my ignorance here. The switch I bought works like this, so I extrapolated this feature to all switches... > To do NAT/IP Masquerading, you're probably best off in the long run > learning how to use one of FreeBSD's fine packet-filtering firewalls: > the relatively new (to FreeBSD) OpenBSD's pf or the somewhat older ipf. I > recommend pf - it works very well for me. > > The FreeBSD Handbook contains information on firewalls: > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/firewalls.html > The pf section is short and sweet to get you up and running with pf: > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/firewalls-pf.html > > I hope that helps you. > > (And finally, freebsd-newbies is the WRONG LIST for these queries.) I was trying to give a general answer to the original poster in attempt to obtain more details from him, I didn't intend to ask questions...my saying we both needed docs was just an off-hand remark, as freebsd firewalls are something I will have to learn soon. I appreciate the links. I followed them to the pf guide at openbsd.org, looks straitforward enough. Unfortunately my freebsd box is set up as a NATed client right now, so I don't have a method for actually setting it up in practice. > Cheers, > > David Adam > --- > zanchey@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au -d PS: sorry for double post, I'm not sure why it did that. -- darren kirby :: Part of the problem since 1976 :: http://badcomputer.org "...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected..." - Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972 [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBBvTVzwPD5Cr/3CJgRAvN6AKCh9zxV8yjwBrarfielRqupJikhAQCgnBdq lWeq07IhdDcCZgDoesCFE7M= =OO3H -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----home | help
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