Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 08:03:14 -0500 From: "Nguyen, Olivier T [AMSTA-AR-CCF-D]" <onguyen@pica.army.mil> To: doc <freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org> Subject: RE: NAT Message-ID: <53EB67411602D211846900A0C9C7647A083E9E88@mail3.pica.army.mil>
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please do so. I am a newbie and i really need this help -----Original Message----- From: Jim Mock [mailto:jim@luna.cdrom.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2000 2:05 AM To: Thomas Hargrove Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NAT On Mon, 21 Feb 2000 at 23:01:17 -0800, Thomas Hargrove wrote: > Hi, > I was wondering if you guys needed a section about how to set up > NAT on a FreeBSD machine to use it as a gateway for cable modems or > DSL. I don't know how specific you like to get. All the parts for > doing it are covered in the manual, setting up ipfw in the kernel and > recompiling, but it's not in one simple step by step format that would > be pretty useful (at least would have been to me when I first ventured > into using BSD). It seem that a lot of people are running into these > problems since more and more are getting some kind of fast internet > connection (DSL or cable modem) and want to use more than one machine > on the net at a time. I have set up many gateways (for both Linux and > FreeBSD) and I must say I prefer FreeBSD (mostly for it's stability > and ease of use). I've configured about 10 machines in the same way, > and would be glad to write a step-by-step instruction on exactly what > needs to be done to use a FreeBSD machine as a gateway. Let me know > what you think. That'd be excellent. I think it would make a good addition to the 'Advanced Networking' section (Chapter 15) to go along with 'Gateways and Routes'. - jim -- - jim mock - walnut creek cdrom/freebsd test labs - jim@luna.cdrom.com - - phone: 1.925.691.2800 x.3814 - fax: 1.925.674.0821 - jim@FreeBSD.org - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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