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From: Charles Mott <cmott@srv.net>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: IP masquerading or NAT under FreeBSD?
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 19:39:42 -0700
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On Fri, 24 Jan 1997, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:
> Mike Frisch wrote:
> >
> > Is anybody running IP Filter on FreeBSD? I am currently running a L*nux
> > box with IP masquerading to allow my home LAN access to the 'net via a
> > single static IP. How do I do this with FreeBSD? Is IP Filter the right
> > tool for this? If so, what are my limitations? Right now, with IP
>
> That's one way. Another, if you're using FreeBSD 2.2-BETA or later and
> your link is a ppp connection, you can simply run ppp with the -alias
> flag and it will transparently do NAT for other boxes on your LAN.
> --
> - Jordan Hubbard
> President, FreeBSD Project
There is also a NAT daemon for freebsd 2.2 which will work for any
interface, written by Ari Suutari, at:
http://www.srv.net/~cmott/natd.html
Charles Mott