Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 13:15:08 -0500 (EST) From: <up@3.am> To: David Wolfskill <dhw@whistle.com> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NAT port redirection question Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10002231256320.58793-100000@richard2.pil.net> In-Reply-To: <200002231700.JAA32884@pau-amma.whistle.com>
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On Wed, 23 Feb 2000, David Wolfskill wrote: > >Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 22:41:06 -0500 (EST) > >From: <up@3.am> > > >.... What it boils down to is that the natd man page is a complete waste > >of time :-/ (somebody already told me this, but did *I* listen? noooo...) > > Hmmm.... I certainly found it useful; perhaps the above warrants some > phrasing that restricts the scope to the situation you were addressing. Your'e absolutely correct. I should have said; using natd with (user) ppp is a waste of time. Greg's (mostly excellent) book confused me here a bit, as it had instructions for using both together, and included the -alias switch, which I'm beginning to realize, negated the need for any natd-specific configuration. > >All I needed was the one alias port line in my /etc/ppp/conf, and that was > >it. > > Case in point: I wasn't using PPP -- I was setting up a nat/ipfw > firewall for a DSL connection (with a static IP address).... > > So in my case, it was quite helpful... and I'll take this opportunity to > extend a hearty "thank you!" to the folks who contributed to natd (and > ipfw). ditto to the people that helped straighten out my confused brain. :) Thanks! James Smallacombe PlantageNet, Inc. CEO and Janitor up@3.am http://3.am ========================================================================= To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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