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by **blackst** » Sun, 12 May 2002 01:56:15

Hi,

I have a Linux box that shares my Internet connection. I would like
to try it with FreeBSD. Here's the hardware setup:

PII 333, 128mb Ram
2 ethernet Nics (one for the cable modem: DHCP, the other one goes in
my hub)

With Linux I had to make a small script of 4 or 5 lines with ipchains.
How can I do it with FreeBSD? Security is not an issue for the
moment, I just want to know how to route packets from a nic to the
other (Masquerading...)

Thank you.

by jp » Sun, 12 May 2002 02:10:46

Quote:> I have a Linux box that shares my Internet connection. I would like
> to try it with FreeBSD. Here's the hardware setup:
[snip]
> With Linux I had to make a small script of 4 or 5 lines with ipchains.
> How can I do it with FreeBSD? Security is not an issue for the
> moment, I just want to know how to route packets from a nic to the
> other (Masquerading...)

It's only called masquerading in the linux world. Network Address
Translation (NAT) is in section 17.11 of the handbook (which you
need to read anyway):

http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/index.html
http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/natd.html

--
j p d (at) d s b (dot) t u d e l f t (dot) n l .

by **Berk S. Daemo** » Sun, 12 May 2002 05:33:10

Quote:> Hi,

> I have a Linux box that shares my Internet connection. I would like
> to try it with FreeBSD. Here's the hardware setup:

> PII 333, 128mb Ram
> 2 ethernet Nics (one for the cable modem: DHCP, the other one goes in
> my hub)

> With Linux I had to make a small script of 4 or 5 lines with ipchains.
> How can I do it with FreeBSD? Security is not an issue for the
> moment, I just want to know how to route packets from a nic to the
> other (Masquerading...)

> Thank you.

Two choices, IPFW/natd and/or IPF/ipnat (IPfilter) Both are available
already on your system(s)

People already posted the how'to links for IPFW/natd so I won't be
redundant, but I recommend trying both and see what you like better.

www.ipfilter.net for the how-to, etc..

by **Eric F Cris** » Sun, 12 May 2002 09:37:51

Ok, first, I must say RTFM. That said, here's a quick fix, and a rough idea
of what you should do:

In the /etc/rc.conf file, set the following variables:
natd_enable="YES"
natd_interface="you public interface (e.g. rl0, ed0, dc0, etc)"
gateway_enable="YES"
ifconfig_(inside interface)="inet private.ip.address.here"
ifconfig_(public interface)="DHCP, or however you obtain IP addy"

From there, you should be able to start all this with a /etc/netstart
command as root. This will renew the public IP address, and set your
internal address and outside address.

I hope this helps.

--
Eric F Crist
President/Sys Admin
AdTech Integrated Systems, Inc.
http://www.adtechintegrated.com

Quote:> Hi,

> I have a Linux box that shares my Internet connection. I would like
> to try it with FreeBSD. Here's the hardware setup:

> PII 333, 128mb Ram
> 2 ethernet Nics (one for the cable modem: DHCP, the other one goes in
> my hub)

> With Linux I had to make a small script of 4 or 5 lines with ipchains.
> How can I do it with FreeBSD? Security is not an issue for the
> moment, I just want to know how to route packets from a nic to the
> other (Masquerading...)

> Thank you.

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