Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 22:47:32 +0200 (MET DST) From: Paul <pauld@mail.dotcom.fr> To: Almondale@aol.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IP Masquerading Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.95.970602224426.1622A-100000@dolphin.psd> In-Reply-To: <970602081435_-895257799@emout14.mail.aol.com>
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On Mon, 2 Jun 1997 Almondale@aol.com wrote: >The whole main issue is that the "ping" command will probably *not* work >under most forms of IP masquerading/aliasing (don't know about NAT). It's It finally works under linux (also traceroute), even quake and other games or communication program's over tcp/ip work with it... How does NAT handle this kind of program's? >sort of interesting just what commands do and don't work when you are working >with "virtual private networks" as microsoft calls them. I think in short it >would be neat if this (NAT or ppp -alias) code could be put on the ROM chip >of a NIC! There ARE routes which can do this kind of things. But why don't people buy them? They have a small homenet and don't want to buy a huge router... The costs... And when you want to setup a free firewall to it's that easy under Linux and I think even FreeBSD (no experience with it, never ran FreeBSD than from Floppies, but planning to ...) -- Paul Dekkers (psd@worldaccess.nl or psd@dds.nl) N.E.V - Nescio Ergo Valeo Computers are like air conditioner: Both stop working, if you open windows.
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