Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2002 09:57:56 -0400 From: Moti Levy <moti@flncs.com> To: Brossin Pierrick <pbrossin@wxp.homeip.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Server and Gateway Message-ID: <20020708135756.GA5971@flncs.com> In-Reply-To: <1026132858.3d298b7a100ed@wxp.homeip.net> References: <1026132858.3d298b7a100ed@wxp.homeip.net>
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On Mon, Jul 08, 2002 at 02:54:18PM +0200, Brossin Pierrick wrote: I'll try ... > I saw: > > - gateway_enable="YES" will turn on ip_forwarding between your interfaces ( you need this to make the box a "router" ) > - natd_enable="YES" will turn on the natd , which is a daemon that does not , if you want that you need to configure it . > - ppp_nat=YES this will add the -nat switch to pppd and will turn on its nat feature. so if you only want simple nat ( and you're using ppp for example dsl ) you need: gateway_enable="YES" ppp_nat=YES if you dont use ppp ( for example cable modem and dhcp ) you'll probably need gateway_enable="YES" natd_enable="YES" you can also use natd for ppp connections and disable ppp_nat , this might be the case if you want to have port forwarding and such. hope this clears things up a bit . Moti > there is also the ppp.conf way.. and it seems that there are other ways to do > it.. > > If someone could explain me a little bit in which direction I have to go it > would be very nice. > > Maybe the ppp.conf one is better than rc.conf one .. I dunno. > > Thanx > > ---------- > Unix, Y2k compliant since 1970 ! > FreeBSD - opening computers from closed Windows > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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