Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 11:04:44 -0500 (EST) From: "Julian C. Dunn" <julian.dunn@Matrox.COM> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: ip masquerading - such a thing in FreeBSD? Message-ID: <XFMail.19991223110444.julian.dunn@matrox.com>
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This is more a curiousity question than a problem, but I'm hoping someone can give me an answer nonetheless. Is there such a thing as IP masquerading in FreeBSD? Or is it done automatically if I set a machine to be the default gateway for the network? At home I have the typical setup as follows: [dialup] <-- PPP --> [FreeBSD box] <-- ethernet --> [Linux box] and the FreeBSD box is the gateway for the local network. From my Linux box I can already access the outside world, even though (obviously) it doesn't have a real IP. Does this mean FreeBSD is automagically doing IP masquerading? My friend asked me this because he has the same setup, but his gateway box is also a Linux box, and he [thinks he] has to explicitly install masquerading on it. I'm wondering if that is necessary at all, or if he could just set the clients to use the Linux box as a gateway like I did with FreeBSD, and be done with it. - Julian -- Julian C. Dunn <julian.dunn@matrox.com> ASIC Validation Group, Matrox Graphics Inc. Tel: (905) 944-4900 x7006 Fax: (905) 944-4909 istream >> ostream >> "We all scream for ice cream"; To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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