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From: j@bonnie.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Any suggestions for what I'm needing ???
Date: 24 Jul 1995 11:53:26 +0200
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In article <3unduf$621@darkstar.ucsc.edu>,
Chris Haidinyak <chrish@cats.ucsc.edu> wrote:
>
>Hi,
>
> I am trying to connect my Windows WFW311 486 box to the
>Internet via my FreeBSD 2.0.5 . I need to know which files to
>modify for each system so I can use my Netscape Navigator to
>view the WWW. I do have ed0 and ed1 configured and the kernel
>compiled and both networks work so I think all I need to do is
>edit some files on both ends to make the FreeBSD box act as a
>gateway.
>
> The following depicts my simple network :
>
>
> +-------------+ +-------------------+
> | Windows 486 | --- ed1 --- | FreeBSD 2.0.5 486 |
> +-------------+ +-------------------+
> |
> ed0
> |
> +--------------------+
> | Ascend Pipeline 50 | ---> Internet
> +--------------------+
The most important thing is
sysctl -w net.inet.ip.forwarding=1
somewhere from your /etc/rc script. Make sure the FreeBSD box and the
Win box got their entries for the default routers properly.
--
cheers, J"org private: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de
http://www.sax.de/~joerg/
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)