From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Nov 25 08:28:48 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id IAA24289 for hardware-outgoing; Tue, 25 Nov 1997 08:28:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware) Received: from anlsun.ebr.anlw.anl.gov (anlsun.ebr.anlw.anl.gov [141.221.1.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id IAA24278 for ; Tue, 25 Nov 1997 08:28:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cmott@srv.net) Received: from darkstar.home (dialin3.anlw.anl.gov [141.221.254.103]) by anlsun.ebr.anlw.anl.gov (8.6.11/8.6.11) with SMTP id JAA05275; Tue, 25 Nov 1997 09:28:37 -0700 Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 09:28:04 -0700 (MST) From: Charles Mott X-Sender: cmott@darkstar.home To: Timothy J Luoma cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: lowest end FBSD router machine possible In-Reply-To: <199711251617.LAA13627@luomat.peak.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > At the moment, you will need two ethernet cards with natd, one to connect > > to your cable modem and one to connect to your local network with your > > other home computer(s). > > Even with a hub? I thought that I could do something like this: > > ___ 1st computer (fake local IP) > | > ---cable modem---> hub --|--- 2nd computer (fake local IP) > |___ > 486 running FBSD The configuration for natd would have to be as follows. The 486 would need two ehternet cards, one to connect to the cable modem and the other to connect to the hub. |---- 1st computer (10.0.0.1) | ---cable modem-----486 FBSD---hub--|---- 2nd computer (10.0.0.2) | |---- 3rd computer (10.0.0.3) | [...] If you are getting the 486 machine only to run IP masquerading and you are not experienced, there could be some problems. Natd is really a bonus for people who already want to use FreeBSD for other purposes. Charles Mott