From owner-freebsd-questions Sat May 22 9:36:44 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from scientia.demon.co.uk (scientia.demon.co.uk [212.228.14.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C530114F34 for ; Sat, 22 May 1999 09:36:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ben@scientia.demon.co.uk) Received: from rainbow5.scientia.demon.co.uk ([192.168.1.2] ident=exim) by scientia.demon.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 3.00 #1) id 10lEWw-000Dm2-00; Sat, 22 May 1999 17:21:46 +0100 (envelope-from ben@rainbow5.scientia.demon.co.uk) Received: from rainbow5.scientia.demon.co.uk (ident=ben) by rainbow5.scientia.demon.co.uk with local (Exim 3.00 #1) id 10lEWu-000C5H-00; Sat, 22 May 1999 17:21:44 +0100 (envelope-from ben@rainbow5.scientia.demon.co.uk) Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 17:21:44 +0100 From: Ben Smithurst To: Brian Somers Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IP masquerading with user ppp Message-ID: <19990522172144.B46392@rainbow5.scientia.demon.co.uk> References: <19990522022501.A42309@rainbow5.scientia.demon.co.uk> <199905221352.OAA71082@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.4i In-Reply-To: <199905221352.OAA71082@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Brian Somers wrote: >> What am I not doing which I should be? The FAQ says ppp has this >> functionality built in, so I shouldn't need natd, I haven't seen any extra >> kernel options mentioned anywhere, I've read the ppp manpage over and over >> (although probably not carefully enough), so I'd appreciate any help >> anyone can provide. > > The problem is that the packet goes through the tun device with the > 192.168.1.2 address *before* hitting ppp and getting tweaked > according to your Demon IP. You've got to allow them through your > firewall. Aha! Thanks, I knew it would be something simple. I just didn't want to let packets get outside which shouldn't. I'll try that, I suppose it should work. -- Ben Smithurst ben@scientia.demon.co.uk To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message