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From: brian@shift.lan.awfulhak.org (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Help with natd configuration
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 1997 03:52:36 +0100
Organization: Awfulhak Ltd.
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In article <5qarmm$cu6@flatland.dimensional.com>,
mfuhr@dimensional.com (Michael Fuhr) writes:
> 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.
You may also be graced with a panic.... There's a bug that can be
avoided by not using VJ compression.
Alternatively, ppp does the job of pppd, natd and kermit ;-)
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.org> <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.org>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !