From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 23 8:36:47 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from inc.net (mailhost.inc.net [204.95.160.26]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78DCD15799 for ; Thu, 23 Dec 1999 08:36:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from parrothd@midwest.net) Received: from chi1.nucleusconsulting.com (chi1.nucleusconsulting.com [207.250.168.11]) by inc.net (8.9.3/8.9.1) with ESMTP id KAA21215; Thu, 23 Dec 1999 10:36:20 -0600 (CST) Received: from labntserver1.nucleusconsulting.com by chi1.nucleusconsulting.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.0.1460.8) id YQJNM9GB; Thu, 23 Dec 1999 10:18:32 -0600 Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19991223103500.011c80c0@midwest.net> X-Sender: parrothd@midwest.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 10:35:00 -0600 To: "Julian C. Dunn" , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: "Jonathan E. Lyons" Subject: Re: ip masquerading - such a thing in FreeBSD? In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Are you using the -alias option with ppp? If so thats basically the same thing as IP masquerading, or NATD, network address translation deamon. For the linux box I think you need to install/setup IP masquerade... At 11:04 AM 12/23/99 -0500, Julian C. Dunn wrote: >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 >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 > > Jonathan E. Lyons parrothd@midwest.net Nucleus Consulting ICQ # 14226912 www.nucleusconsulting.com Cell # 773-251-1967 A+, MCSE, CCNA, FreeBSD! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message