From owner-freebsd-net Tue Feb 4 15:44:29 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 606C437B405 for ; Tue, 4 Feb 2003 15:44:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp-relay.omnis.com (smtp-relay.omnis.com [216.239.128.27]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF72D43F3F for ; Tue, 4 Feb 2003 15:44:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Received: from [192.168.4.61] (corp-2.ipinc.com [199.245.188.2]) by smtp-relay.omnis.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84CDE42F80; Tue, 4 Feb 2003 15:44:22 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: Does natd(8) really need to see _all_ packets? From: Wes Peters To: Mikhail Teterin Cc: net@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <200302041142.28554.mi+mx@aldan.algebra.com> References: <200302040027.30781@aldan> <1044321596.358.69.camel@zaphod.softweyr.com> <200302041142.28554.mi+mx@aldan.algebra.com> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Softweyr Message-Id: <1044402261.16309.8.camel@salty.rapid.stbernard.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.0 Date: 04 Feb 2003 15:44:21 -0800 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, 2003-02-04 at 08:42, Mikhail Teterin wrote: > On Monday 03 February 2003 08:19 pm, Wes Peters wrote: > = On Tue, 2003-02-04 at 05:27, Mikhail Teterin wrote: > = > Hi! > = > > = > This question bothered me for a while -- most of the traffic on my > = > LAN is just that -- local. Yet my gw/firewall machine only has one > = > interface -- with two IP addresses -- private and public on it. > = > > = > The DSL modem is plugged into the switch just like everything else. > = > > = > I doubt this is a unique setup. > > = It may not be unique, but it's certainly not very bright. What > = resource are you trying to conserve here, a $4 network interface? If > = so, I can give you a handful of them; one of the local office supply > = stores was giving them away last December and I picked up several... > > Using two cards, were one works fine is against aesthetics :-) That's my > primary reason, although there are only two slots left in the machine, > indeed. OK, that's a completely acceptable answer, but I suspect we're going to differ strongly on the finer points of "works fine." I'm glad you've hit upon a solution that is acceptable. How 'bout writing it up for one of the online magazines? (Hint hint: Daemon News, for instance. ;^) It'll be good practice for writing the BSDCon paper you want to do as well, won't it? -- Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket? Wes Peters wes@softweyr.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message