From owner-freebsd-net Sun Apr 23 15:56:21 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from awfulhak.org (tun.AwfulHak.org [194.242.139.173]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0324937BAAD for ; Sun, 23 Apr 2000 15:56:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from hak.lan.Awfulhak.org (root@hak.lan.awfulhak.org [172.16.0.12]) by awfulhak.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id XAA15132; Sun, 23 Apr 2000 23:55:40 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org) Received: from hak.lan.Awfulhak.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hak.lan.Awfulhak.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id VAA00515; Sun, 23 Apr 2000 21:41:19 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <200004232041.VAA00515@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: Robert Fulford Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org Subject: Re: Stand-alone routers,fbsd, & Dynamic ISP addresses In-Reply-To: Message from Robert Fulford of "Sun, 23 Apr 2000 09:05:25 EDT." <3902F515.996E52AF@alltel.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2000 21:41:19 +0100 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Buy yourself a PCI Fritz ISDN card and look at /usr/share/examples/ppp/*isdn* Dynamic IPs are no problem. > I have 2 W2k boxes & 1 Fbsd box...I would love to use > the fbsd box as a dfgw/ipfw/natd for the other 2 boxes > when connecting to the internet...I am just now learning > fbsd, so I am very confused! I am planning on getting > ISDN from my only local ISP soon, but I am sure the IP > they will give my router will be dynamic....If I can't > locate an internal USRobotics Sportster 128k non-PnP, > I will buy a Nortel RT338 stand-alone ISDN Router... > My quandary is this.....how in the heck can I tell the > fbsd box that the router,which doesn't have an IP from > the ISP yet, is where packets are to be routed? I > have been told by others that I won't be using pppd, > ppp, or even pppoed in this type of setup...I am > leaning toward the Nortel, as it would allow me to > have net access if the hd on the bsd box were to die. > I do not want the ISDN router to control the NAT for > my network, or use it's DHCP capabilities.... > Thanks, > Jeb -- Brian Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message