Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 11:45:01 -0500 (EST) From: John <papalia@UDel.Edu> To: "Julian C. Dunn" <julian.dunn@Matrox.COM> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ip masquerading - such a thing in FreeBSD? Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.4.05.9912231142500.1900-100000@copland.udel.edu> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.19991223110444.julian.dunn@matrox.com>
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Yup, it exists. As far as I'm aware it's not automatic (unless something has changed). No matter what there's some configuring to do... You can get the whole story on how to do it frmo: http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/ppp/index.html or you can start out at: http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/ppp/x519.html for the first mentioning of masquerading/aliasing. And of course, there's a LOT of info on this in the mailing list archives. Good luck, John On Thu, 23 Dec 1999, 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 <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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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