Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 07:33:20 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: Robert J Rust <robert.j.rust@uwrf.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ip nat Message-ID: <199904220633.HAA01187@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 20 Apr 1999 20:13:01 CDT." <Pine.LNX.4.02.9904202006510.1995-100000@cakerwood.ilabs.uwrf.edu>
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> Hello. I am currently a Debian Linux 2.0 user whose system died and is in
> need of replacement. I chose Debian Linux for its reliability and ease of
> setup to forward Internet traffic between my dialup PPP connection and my
> LAN of 3 other machines. One of the things I liked most about the setup
> is that unlike the other OSes I have tried (NetBSD, OpenBSD, and
> LinuxPPC), Debian correctly forwarded DCC requests/transmissions (for
> Internet Relay Chat). A friend of mine wants me to use FreeBSD on my new
> system (probably about a 300 MHz K6-2, 64 MB RAM, etc..). My question for
> you is how well does FreeBSD handle my IP forwarding issue? Incidently...
> the system will also be running netatalk and apache for developing
> websites on my Macintoshes.
Just use the -alias switch to ppp (not pppd). It does what linux
calls masquerading, and handles IRC DCC connections (among other
things) specially. libalias(3) has details.
> Robert J Rust
>
> P.S. Current "dead" system is a 486DX2-66 w/8 MB of RAM and a 250 MB hard
> drive.
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