From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 21 11:51:49 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA14704 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 21 Jul 1998 11:51:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from java.dpcsys.com (java.dpcsys.com [206.16.184.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA14639 for ; Tue, 21 Jul 1998 11:51:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dan@dpcsys.com) Received: from localhost (dan@localhost) by java.dpcsys.com (8.8.7/8.8.2) with SMTP id LAA20727; Tue, 21 Jul 1998 11:51:31 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 11:51:30 -0700 (PDT) From: Dan Busarow To: Eric Hake cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NATd questions In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19980721001331.007c0ea0@clean.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 21 Jul 1998, Eric Hake wrote: > I originally wanted to write privately so I wouldn't sound like an idiot in > a public forum, but oh well :) You must not follow this list if you think this makes you sound like an idiot :) > At any rate -- I have checked a few of my O'Reilly books, and they say that > nat has it's advantages and disadvantages as well... ("Managing IP Networks > with Cisco Routers", pages 237-239) -- most notably a speed hit. I run natd for my home network connected via cable modem and have installed it at cutomer sites ranging from 33.6 to T1. While there *has* to be some speed hit, it has not been noticable for me. > Here's how they want me to use it -- Router->NAT Address Pool->NAT > box->Private IP space... Not sure what "NAT Address Pool" translates to for you, but you can assign a single IP to the FreeBSD box running nat for a network and have it take care of address translation for a private IP space lan. > I am wondering if the nat dameon in FreeBSD is as capable as some > commercial solutions my upstream is favoring? Will it be more trouble than > it's worth? Will it crap out on me with my network? How reliable is it? I guess it depends on the size of the internal networks and how much and what kind of traffic they will generate. All of our networks are fairly small, 8 to 20 users typically, but the users are mostly geeks and pretty demanding. No complaints in the last 6 months since we started using it. Dan -- Dan Busarow 949 443 4172 DPC Systems / Beach.Net dan@dpcsys.com Dana Point, California 83 09 EF 59 E0 11 89 B4 8D 09 DB FD E1 DD 0C 82 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message