Re: How to get my Dad's Win2k system to access internet through my FreeBSD 6.2 system

2008-10-16 Thread RW
On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:43:48 -0700 Jeremy Chadwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What Michael's describing is a feature many DSL modems offer. There > is no official term for what it is, They are commonly referred to as half-bridge modems. > The reason this feature is HIGHLY desired is because

Re: How to get my Dad's Win2k system to access internet through my FreeBSD 6.2 system

2008-10-16 Thread Da Rock
On Thu, 2008-10-16 at 04:43 -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 09:29:04PM +1000, Da Rock wrote: > > > > On Thu, 2008-10-16 at 06:54 -0400, Michael Powell wrote: > > > Da Rock wrote: > > > > > > [snip] > > > > I'm assuming the problem with double nat'ing is the confusion in

Re: How to get my Dad's Win2k system to access internet through my FreeBSD 6.2 system

2008-10-16 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 09:29:04PM +1000, Da Rock wrote: > > On Thu, 2008-10-16 at 06:54 -0400, Michael Powell wrote: > > Da Rock wrote: > > > > [snip] > > > I'm assuming the problem with double nat'ing is the confusion in packet > > > traffic. So if the OP is using his ADSL modem to connect to

Re: How to get my Dad's Win2k system to access internet through my FreeBSD 6.2 system

2008-10-16 Thread Da Rock
On Thu, 2008-10-16 at 06:54 -0400, Michael Powell wrote: > Da Rock wrote: > > [snip] > > I'm assuming the problem with double nat'ing is the confusion in packet > > traffic. So if the OP is using his ADSL modem to connect to the net, > > then it could be safe to assume the public IP would be to

Re: How to get my Dad's Win2k system to access internet through my FreeBSD 6.2 system

2008-10-16 Thread Michael Powell
Da Rock wrote: [snip] > I'm assuming the problem with double nat'ing is the confusion in packet > traffic. So if the OP is using his ADSL modem to connect to the net, > then it could be safe to assume the public IP would be to the modem > itself, and not his box (barring the possible use of USB),

Re: How to get my Dad's Win2k system to access internet through my FreeBSD 6.2 system

2008-10-15 Thread Da Rock
On Wed, 2008-10-15 at 22:22 -0700, mdh wrote: > --- On Thu, 10/16/08, Da Rock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: Da Rock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: How to get my Dad's Win2k system to access internet through my > > FreeBSD 6.2 system > >

Re: How to get my Dad's Win2k system to access internet through my FreeBSD 6.2 system

2008-10-15 Thread mdh
--- On Thu, 10/16/08, Da Rock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Da Rock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: How to get my Dad's Win2k system to access internet through my > FreeBSD 6.2 system > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Date: Thursday, October 16, 200

Re: How to get my Dad's Win2k system to access internet through my FreeBSD 6.2 system

2008-10-15 Thread Da Rock
On Wed, 2008-10-15 at 21:19 -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 10:15:49AM +1000, Da Rock wrote: > > > > On Wed, 2008-10-15 at 04:10 -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > > > On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 08:40:48PM +1000, Da Rock wrote: > > > > > > > > On Tue, 2008-10-14 at 06:46 -0400,

Re: How to get my Dad's Win2k system to access internet through my FreeBSD 6.2 system

2008-10-15 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 10:15:49AM +1000, Da Rock wrote: > > On Wed, 2008-10-15 at 04:10 -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 08:40:48PM +1000, Da Rock wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, 2008-10-14 at 06:46 -0400, Michael Powell wrote: > > > > Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > > > > > > > >

Re: How to get my Dad's Win2k system to access internet through my FreeBSD 6.2 system

2008-10-15 Thread Da Rock
On Wed, 2008-10-15 at 04:10 -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 08:40:48PM +1000, Da Rock wrote: > > > > On Tue, 2008-10-14 at 06:46 -0400, Michael Powell wrote: > > > Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 04:55:11AM -0400, Michael Powell wrote: > > > [

Re: How to get my Dad's Win2k system to access internet through my FreeBSD 6.2 system

2008-10-15 Thread Da Rock
> Unless the question is as broad as 'how do I learn about FreeBSD' it > is worthwhile to help the person aim that shotgun or exchange it > for a rifle. Interesting analogy- I like it :) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freeb

Re: How to get my Dad's Win2k system to access internet through my FreeBSD 6.2 system

2008-10-15 Thread Mike M
On 10/14/2008 at 12:03 PM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: |Manish Jain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | |> I am poor at networking and need a little bit of help. My dad has a |> Windows 2000 machine with a network card but does not have a connection |> to the internet. | |When I started writing this, I th

Re: How to get my Dad's Win2k system to access internet through my FreeBSD 6.2 system

2008-10-15 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 08:40:48PM +1000, Da Rock wrote: > > On Tue, 2008-10-14 at 06:46 -0400, Michael Powell wrote: > > Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > > > > > On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 04:55:11AM -0400, Michael Powell wrote: > > [snip] > > >> Next, you will want to configure your FreeBSD machine as a

Re: How to get my Dad's Win2k system to access internet through my FreeBSD 6.2 system

2008-10-15 Thread Da Rock
On Tue, 2008-10-14 at 06:46 -0400, Michael Powell wrote: > Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > > > On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 04:55:11AM -0400, Michael Powell wrote: > [snip] > >> Next, you will want to configure your FreeBSD machine as a NAT gateway. > >> In your /etc/rc.conf you will want something like gat

Re: How to get my Dad's Win2k system to access internet through my FreeBSD 6.2 system

2008-10-14 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:35:31 +0300, Manolis Kiagias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Giorgos Keramidas wrote: >> Adding a few options in `loader.conf' should preload IPFW and DIVERT in >> the running kernel: >> >> ipfw_load="YES" >> ipdivert_load="YES" >> >> Then the rest of the `rc.conf' optio

Re: How to get my Dad's Win2k system to access internet through my FreeBSD 6.2 system

2008-10-14 Thread Andrew Gould
On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 10:01 AM, Jerry McAllister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 09:52:54AM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > > > >internet. My freebsd 6.2 box is connected to the internet and has 2 > > >network cards, rl0 and rl1. rl0 connects to the ISP and rl1 is directly >

Re: How to get my Dad's Win2k system to access internet through my FreeBSD 6.2 system

2008-10-14 Thread Paul Schmehl
--On Tuesday, October 14, 2008 01:39:45 -0500 Manish Jain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, I am poor at networking and need a little bit of help. My dad has a Windows 2000 machine with a network card but does not have a connection to the internet. My freebsd 6.2 box is connected to the interne

Re: How to get my Dad's Win2k system to access internet through my FreeBSD 6.2 system

2008-10-14 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 09:52:54AM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > >internet. My freebsd 6.2 box is connected to the internet and has 2 > >network cards, rl0 and rl1. rl0 connects to the ISP and rl1 is directly > >connected via a long Ethernet cable to the NIC on my dad's machine. While > >I ca

Re: How to get my Dad's Win2k system to access internet through my FreeBSD 6.2 system

2008-10-14 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Giorgos Keramidas wrote: Hi Manolis & everyone else, `ipdivert.ko' works fine as a module too. You don't really *have* to recompile the kernel, but we probably have to update the relevant Handbook bits to mention that `ipdivert.ko' can be kldload'ed now. Adding a few options in `loader.conf'

Re: How to get my Dad's Win2k system to access internet through my FreeBSD 6.2 system

2008-10-14 Thread benjamin thielsen
ack! sorry for the blank reply barrage - my apologies! i was inadvertently holding down a key combination that caused my mail client to send off a flurry of blank responses before i realized it was occurring. probably a sign to stay away from computers today :) -b On Oct 14, 2008, at 0

Re: How to get my Dad's Win2k system to access internet through my FreeBSD 6.2 system

2008-10-14 Thread Matthias Apitz
El día Tuesday, October 14, 2008 a las 08:10:42AM -0400, benjamin thielsen escribió: > Manish Jain wrote: > > > > >Hi, > > > >I am poor at networking and need a little bit of help. My dad has a > >Windows 2000 machine with a network card but does not have a > >connection > >to the internet. My

Re: How to get my Dad's Win2k system to access internet through my FreeBSD 6.2 system

2008-10-14 Thread benjamin thielsen
Manish Jain wrote: Hi, I am poor at networking and need a little bit of help. My dad has a Windows 2000 machine with a network card but does not have a connection to the internet. My freebsd 6.2 box is connected to the internet and has 2 network cards, rl0 and rl1. rl0 connects to the ISP

Re: How to get my Dad's Win2k system to access internet through my FreeBSD 6.2 system

2008-10-14 Thread benjamin thielsen
Manish Jain wrote: Hi, I am poor at networking and need a little bit of help. My dad has a Windows 2000 machine with a network card but does not have a connection to the internet. My freebsd 6.2 box is connected to the internet and has 2 network cards, rl0 and rl1. rl0 connects to the ISP

Re: How to get my Dad's Win2k system to access internet through my FreeBSD 6.2 system

2008-10-14 Thread benjamin thielsen
Manish Jain wrote: Hi, I am poor at networking and need a little bit of help. My dad has a Windows 2000 machine with a network card but does not have a connection to the internet. My freebsd 6.2 box is connected to the internet and has 2 network cards, rl0 and rl1. rl0 connects to the ISP

Re: How to get my Dad's Win2k system to access internet through my FreeBSD 6.2 system

2008-10-14 Thread benjamin thielsen
Manish Jain wrote: Hi, I am poor at networking and need a little bit of help. My dad has a Windows 2000 machine with a network card but does not have a connection to the internet. My freebsd 6.2 box is connected to the internet and has 2 network cards, rl0 and rl1. rl0 connects to the ISP

Re: How to get my Dad's Win2k system to access internet through my FreeBSD 6.2 system

2008-10-14 Thread benjamin thielsen
Manish Jain wrote: Hi, I am poor at networking and need a little bit of help. My dad has a Windows 2000 machine with a network card but does not have a connection to the internet. My freebsd 6.2 box is connected to the internet and has 2 network cards, rl0 and rl1. rl0 connects to the ISP

Re: How to get my Dad's Win2k system to access internet through my FreeBSD 6.2 system

2008-10-14 Thread benjamin thielsen
Manish Jain wrote: Hi, I am poor at networking and need a little bit of help. My dad has a Windows 2000 machine with a network card but does not have a connection to the internet. My freebsd 6.2 box is connected to the internet and has 2 network cards, rl0 and rl1. rl0 connects to the ISP

Re: How to get my Dad's Win2k system to access internet through my FreeBSD 6.2 system

2008-10-14 Thread benjamin thielsen
Manish Jain wrote: Hi, I am poor at networking and need a little bit of help. My dad has a Windows 2000 machine with a network card but does not have a connection to the internet. My freebsd 6.2 box is connected to the internet and has 2 network cards, rl0 and rl1. rl0 connects to the ISP

Re: How to get my Dad's Win2k system to access internet through my FreeBSD 6.2 system

2008-10-14 Thread benjamin thielsen
Manish Jain wrote: Hi, I am poor at networking and need a little bit of help. My dad has a Windows 2000 machine with a network card but does not have a connection to the internet. My freebsd 6.2 box is connected to the internet and has 2 network cards, rl0 and rl1. rl0 connects to the ISP

Re: How to get my Dad's Win2k system to access internet through my FreeBSD 6.2 system

2008-10-14 Thread benjamin thielsen
Manish Jain wrote: Hi, I am poor at networking and need a little bit of help. My dad has a Windows 2000 machine with a network card but does not have a connection to the internet. My freebsd 6.2 box is connected to the internet and has 2 network cards, rl0 and rl1. rl0 connects to the ISP

Re: How to get my Dad's Win2k system to access internet through my FreeBSD 6.2 system

2008-10-14 Thread benjamin thielsen
Manish Jain wrote: Hi, I am poor at networking and need a little bit of help. My dad has a Windows 2000 machine with a network card but does not have a connection to the internet. My freebsd 6.2 box is connected to the internet and has 2 network cards, rl0 and rl1. rl0 connects to the ISP

Re: How to get my Dad's Win2k system to access internet through my FreeBSD 6.2 system

2008-10-14 Thread Chris Pratt
On Oct 13, 2008, at 11:39 PM, Manish Jain wrote: Hi, I am poor at networking and need a little bit of help. My dad has a Windows 2000 machine with a network card but does not have a connection to the internet. My freebsd 6.2 box is connected to the internet and has 2 network cards, rl0

Re: How to get my Dad's Win2k system to access internet through my FreeBSD 6.2 system

2008-10-14 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:40:01 +0300, Manolis Kiagias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Inspired by this discussion (and just replying to a random post) I > tried for the first time to get a test machine as a gateway. I tried > the handbook's instructions, here: > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO88

Re: How to get my Dad's Win2k system to access internet through my FreeBSD 6.2 system

2008-10-14 Thread Michael Powell
Jeremy Chadwick wrote: [snip] >> > >> > Doesn't he need to also set sysctl net.inet.ip.forwarding=1 for his >> > box to act as a gateway? Or is this handled by the NAT portion? >> > >> The gateway_enable="YES" in /etc/rc.conf sets this. > > Right, but it wasn't in your /etc/rc.conf example (s

Re: How to get my Dad's Win2k system to access internet through my FreeBSD 6.2 system

2008-10-14 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Peter N. M. Hansteen wrote: Manish Jain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: I am poor at networking and need a little bit of help. My dad has a Windows 2000 machine with a network card but does not have a connection to the internet. When I started writing this, I thought that system had bee

Re: How to get my Dad's Win2k system to access internet through my FreeBSD 6.2 system

2008-10-14 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 06:46:10AM -0400, Michael Powell wrote: > Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > > > On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 04:55:11AM -0400, Michael Powell wrote: > [snip] > >> Next, you will want to configure your FreeBSD machine as a NAT gateway. > >> In your /etc/rc.conf you will want something li

Re: How to get my Dad's Win2k system to access internet through my FreeBSD 6.2 system

2008-10-14 Thread Michael Powell
Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 04:55:11AM -0400, Michael Powell wrote: [snip] >> Next, you will want to configure your FreeBSD machine as a NAT gateway. >> In your /etc/rc.conf you will want something like gateway_enable="YES" >> and some form of firewall initialization[1]. The

Re: How to get my Dad's Win2k system to access internet through my FreeBSD 6.2 system

2008-10-14 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 04:55:11AM -0400, Michael Powell wrote: > Manish Jain wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > I am poor at networking and need a little bit of help. My dad has a > > Windows 2000 machine with a network card but does not have a connection > > to the internet. My freebsd 6.2 box is co

Re: How to get my Dad's Win2k system to access internet through my FreeBSD 6.2 system

2008-10-14 Thread Peter N. M. Hansteen
Manish Jain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am poor at networking and need a little bit of help. My dad has a > Windows 2000 machine with a network card but does not have a connection > to the internet. When I started writing this, I thought that system had been abandoned already, but it appea

Re: How to get my Dad's Win2k system to access internet through my FreeBSD 6.2 system

2008-10-14 Thread Michael Powell
Manish Jain wrote: > > Hi, > > I am poor at networking and need a little bit of help. My dad has a > Windows 2000 machine with a network card but does not have a connection > to the internet. My freebsd 6.2 box is connected to the internet and has > 2 network cards, rl0 and rl1. rl0 connects to

Re: How to get my Dad's Win2k system to access internet through my FreeBSD 6.2 system

2008-10-14 Thread Andreas Rudisch
On Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:09:45 +0530 Manish Jain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I want my dad to be able to connect to the internet with my freebsd box > serving as the gateway. You might want to read: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-routing.html http://www.freebsd.o

Re: How to get my Dad's Win2k system to access internet through my FreeBSD 6.2 system

2008-10-14 Thread Wojciech Puchar
internet. My freebsd 6.2 box is connected to the internet and has 2 network cards, rl0 and rl1. rl0 connects to the ISP and rl1 is directly connected via a long Ethernet cable to the NIC on my dad's machine. While I can access the internet easily, I want my dad to be able to connect to the inter