Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 22:43:51 -0800 From: "Marc Wandschneider" <marcw@lanfear.com> To: "'Gene Bomgardner'" <glbj@bellatlantic.net>, <freeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: DSL - FreeBSD - Gateway ? Message-ID: <000401bf7849$2fef7070$0300000a@katana> In-Reply-To: <200002160507.AAA20741@smtp-out1.bellatlantic.net>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Gene > Bomgardner > Subject: DSL - FreeBSD - Gateway ? > > > > I'm running FreeBSD Ver 3.2. I have an External DSL modem > connected to my hub. One machine runs FreeBSD, one runs > windows. I haven't gotten FreeeBSD to use the DSL modem yet, > but windows does. What I'm trying to accomplish is to allow the > FreeBSD box to act as a gateway thus permitting access to DSL > simultaneously with the Windows 95 box. Has anyone done this? > Should the BSD box have 2 network cards with the DSL modem on > one of them? I assume a firewall on the BSD box would be a good > idea... Basically, what you want to do can be done -- I'm doing the same thing here. I've got a Cisco SpeedRunner DSL modem/router device, and have one of my FreeBSD machines acting as a firewall/gateway proxy server. things i needed for this: 1. help setting up the SpeedRunner in routing mode as opposed to bridging mode 2. at least 2 static IP addresses to support a gateway and internet machine (I have way more, actually) If you've got your DSL thing plugged into a hub, it sounds like you might already have these two things done. I've documented exactly how *I* did it at http://freebsd.lanfear.com/howtos/firewall.html Net result is that i've got a pretty wicked set up now -- I decided to hide my other computers behind the firewall instead of using my static IPs because I've already had problems with network attacks [spam relays and warez servers]. The good news is that FreeBSD is nothing short of a BREEEZE to set up. I'm continually amazed. marc. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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