Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2001 08:52:31 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg> Cc: bstephens@regionsmortgage.com, net@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Using FreeBSD server as a router?? Message-ID: <3B6EAF2F.1BCEC72A@softweyr.com> References: <86256A9C.00636E33.00@smtp.regionsmortgage.com> <20010802214841.E11105@ringworld.oblivion.bg>
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Peter Pentchev wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 02, 2001 at 12:57:09PM -0500, bstephens@regionsmortgage.com wrote: > > > > > > I have been combing the freebsd.org site for the last two days > > attempting to find some documentation on how to configure and use a > > FreeBSD server as a router. I have found some information on > > configuring the server as a bridge as well as a filtering bridge, but > > no router info. Does anyone have any leads on some info? There seems > > to be a number of such articles/books for doing a similar feet under > > Linux, but I can't seem to find any such documentation for FreeBSD. I > > have been wondering about using the filtering bridge scheme. It would > > provide the segmentation of traffic that I need but does it provide > > routing tables, shortest data path info, etc. as a router would? Any > > assistance is appreciated. > > I believe this message belongs in -net. No, actually it belongs in -questions, where ALL "how do I do XXX with FreeBSD?" questions belong. What bstephens needs to do is add gateway_enable=YES to his /etc/rc.conf. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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