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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!inferno.mpx.com.au!news.ci.com.au!brian.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!vic.news.telstra.net!news.mira.net.au!pumpkin.pangea.ca!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.direct.ca!news.he.net!dimensional.com!flatland.dimensional.com!not-for-mail From: mfuhr@dimensional.com (Michael Fuhr) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Help with natd configuration Date: 13 Jul 1997 09:19:50 -0600 Organization: Dimensional Communications Lines: 23 Message-ID: <5qarmm$cu6@flatland.dimensional.com> References: <33C8807B.41C67EA6@silas.cc.monash.edu.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: flatland.dimensional.com X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.1 (NOV) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:44351 David Henshaw <dhenshaw@silas.cc.monash.edu.au> writes: > My main box is allocated an IP of 10.0.0.1 and connects to an ISP using > kermit and a pppd connection. My ISP allocates an IP address > dynamically. --snip-- > rc.firewall contains as per the man pages > ipfw add 0100 divert 6668 all from any to any via ed0 > ipfw add 65000 allow all from any to any > > rc.local contains natd -interface ed0 Don't you want to alias to the address of the PPP interface? Try using ppp0 instead of ed0 in both places. If you get a dynamic IP address from your ISP, you probably want to specify "-dynamic" as well. Beware that "-dynamic" had problems in earlier versions of natd, so make sure you have a recent copy. -- Michael Fuhr http://www.dimensional.com/~mfuhr/