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Date:      15 Jan 2004 09:16:28 -0500
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
To:        Rishi Chopra <rchopra@cal.berkeley.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: (Yet Another) Home Networking Question
Message-ID:  <44zncpl2kj.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <4005C5C2.20302@cal.berkeley.edu>
References:  <200401111053.QAA05193@manage.24online> <40035568.6010306@cal.berkeley.edu> <44ptdolfwd.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <4005C5C2.20302@cal.berkeley.edu>

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Rishi Chopra <rchopra@cal.berkeley.edu> writes:

> A question about the 'me' keyword and ipfw: The man page for ipfw
> states the following:
> 
>           me      matches any IP address configured on an interface in the
>                      system.  The address list is evaluated at the time the
>                      packet is analysed.
> 
> If I set my oif to 'rl0' (a nic in my system) and I set the oip to
> 'me', what should the onet address be set to?  Can I set the onet
> address to 'me' also?  The oif has its address assigned by DHCP.

No, that won't work.  Normally, you won't need the network value
unless you're serving as a gateway yourself.



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