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From: brian@shift.lan.awfulhak.org (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: IP Masquerade on FreeBSD?
Date: 18 Mar 1997 14:38:07 GMT
Organization: Awfulhak Ltd.
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In article <332E27ED.76C0@goldcominc.com>,
Rick Goldeck <RickG@goldcominc.com> writes:
> GEOF ABRUZZI wrote:
>>
>> Is there an implementation of IP Masquerading for freeBSD?
>> Linux doesn't work on my 486, but FreeBSD does. Altenatively if I cant do
>> IP Masquerading, how do I set up things for a standard PPP gateway?
>>
>> I think I understand this much:
>> The dial in at work is an NT server set to dole out an IP dynamically.
>> That IP is assigned to the modem (ppp0) of the BSD machine at home. I
>> statically assign an IP to the ethernet card in my BSD machine, BeBox,
>> Amiga etc...All the otherr machines (BeBox, amiga, NeXT) use the IP of the
>> BSD ethernet card as the gateway/router. Here is where I get a bit
>> confused. What IP numbers can I use for the local ethernet? Anything in
>> the subnet of the ppp0? (The netmask is 255.255.240.0) What netmask should
>> should I use at home? The smallest possible (i.e. 255.255.255.252)? Does
>> anything special need to be done at the server side?
>
> The default /etc/hosts file gives 'legal' numbers. 10.0.0.0 (.1,.2,etc)
> works for me
> User ppp (as opposed to kernel pppd) is very easy. Check out the primer
> at http://www.freebsd.org, it explains everything.
Also, in 2.2, ppp has a -alias option. This achieves the "masquerading"
effect.
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !