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Date:      Thu, 17 Feb 2000 12:07:06 +0200
From:      Ruslan Ermilov <ru@ucb.crimea.ua>
To:        Jeff Lush <jeff@nerdpower.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: natd -dynamic question
Message-ID:  <20000217120706.B45267@relay.ucb.crimea.ua>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.20.0002170214220.267-100000@ibis.ivanfetch.tzo.com>; from Ivan Fetch on Thu, Feb 17, 2000 at 02:28:00AM -0700
References:  <NDBBKIMGBBOBEOPLFCHIOEHHCIAA.jeff@nerdpower.com> <Pine.LNX.4.20.0002170214220.267-100000@ibis.ivanfetch.tzo.com>

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On Thu, Feb 17, 2000 at 02:28:00AM -0700, Ivan Fetch wrote:
> Hi,
>    The -dynamic option basically watches for IP address changes on your
> "public" interface so that natd can make 
> appropriate changes in it's address translations.  This is exactly what 
> you want for a DHCP address, which will probably change from
> time-to-time.  If the dhcp address changes and you do not use -dynamic,
> natd will still be trying to forward using the old dhcp address.
> 
In -current and 3.4-STABLE it also tracks "-interface"'s MTU.

[...]
> On Thu, 10 Feb 2000, Jeff Lush wrote:
> 
> > Hello all,
> > 
> > I would like to try setting up natd/ipfw for use behind a DHCP server, and
> > was wondering what the -dynamic option for natd did? Any ideas would be
> > appreciated.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Jeff Lush

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