Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 08:53:42 +0200 (MET DST) From: bogusz@lib.amu.edu.pl To: mitch@hardware.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Private network & routing to the internet via PPP w/one IP Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.91.960925084235.7563C-100000@lib.amu.edu.pl> In-Reply-To: <3248045D.5173@fsl.noaa.gov>
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On Tue, 24 Sep 1996, Sean Kelly wrote: > Mitch James wrote: > > My question is: Can > > FreeBSD 2.1.5 route the trafic for a private IP network as it comes on the > > CD-Rom without any other software? > > It sure can. I do this with my systems at home: one FreeBSD host has a > ppp connection to the Internet and an Ethernet interface to all the > other FreeBSD hosts. You just need to edit /etc/sysconfig and set the > gateway option to YES: > > # If you want this host to be a gateway, set to YES. > gateway=YES > > Also, make sure you've set up routing correctly. It means - do not forget following lines (an example from my router's sysconfig) network_interfaces="ed0 ed1 lo0" ifconfig_ed0="inet 150.254.178.65 netmask 255.255.255.192" ifconfig_ed1="inet 150.254.162.217 netmask 255.255.255.252" ifconfig_lo0="inet localhost" >Then, reboot your > system. Remember to set the irqs and I/Os correctly (type -c at startup to run the boot interpreter) for both your cards. You will also have to run route -q Cheers, Bogusz
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