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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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