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Date:      Sun, 13 Oct 2002 21:31:03 -0400 (EDT)
From:      pgreen <polytarp@m-net.arbornet.org>
To:        Jason Morgan <jwm-freebsd@sentinelchicken.net>
Cc:        freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: router question
Message-ID:  <20021013213000.N7458-100000@m-net.arbornet.org>
In-Reply-To: <20021014011918.GB2426@sentinelchicken.net>

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Just "READ THE HANDBOOK" would have been appropriate.  You gave too much
help.

On Sun, 13 Oct 2002, Jason Morgan wrote:

> On Sun, Oct 13, 2002 at 06:13:35PM -0600, Matt Wardell wrote:
> > i have cable modem that only provides 1
> > dynamic ip addres.
> > i want to use a freeBSD mechine running 4.6
> > as a router and firewall so i can get all my win2k pc's
> > on the net.
> > where can i find info about this?
> > thanks
> > matt
>
> If you have a cable modem, you will probably have to run PPPoE,
> but you should first check with your ISP if that's what is required
> (from my experience, if you ask them specifically about PPPoE,
> you'll get a dull response - ask, instead, if a username and
> password are required - you'll probably already know that anyway).
>
> Start here for PPPoE:
>
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/pppoe.html
>
> As for the routing, it's actually a lot easier than it sounds initially.
>
> Look here:
>
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking.html
>
> and here:
>
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/routing.html
>
> and here, maybe:
>
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/natd.html
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jason


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