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Date:      Tue, 7 Nov 2000 10:48:49 -0600
From:      Anthony Rubin <tonyr@generalsearch.net>
To:        Anthony Fox <adf5j@cs.virginia.edu>, questions@freebsd.org, "Zaitsau, Andrei" <AZaitsau@panasonicfa.com>
Subject:   Re: two ethernets, nat, firewall
Message-ID:  <00110710484903.00384@tonyr.office.generalsearch.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0011071143560.27188-100000@viper.cs.Virginia.EDU>
References:  <Pine.GSO.4.21.0011071143560.27188-100000@viper.cs.Virginia.EDU>

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On Tuesday 07 November 2000 10:45 am, Anthony Fox wrote:
> I can't send you these files unfortunately because I can no longer get my
> BSD box on the network.  What is the relevant info that you need?  I did
> modify rc.firewall, but I set firewall_type to "open" in rc.conf, so it
> shouldn't matter.
>
> Also, the two nic cards in the BSD box appear to be on the same IRQ. They
> are pci cards, so I would think it wouldn't matter, but I could be wrong.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> Anthony

You need the following line in /etc/rc.conf:

gateway_enable="YES"

This allows FreeBSD to forward packets.  You can change this setting without 
rebooting with the following command:

sysctl -w net.inet.ip.forwarding=1

How are you starting natd?

-- 
Anthony Rubin
GeneralSearch.Com, Inc.
tonyr@generalsearch.net


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