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 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 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Thursday, October

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 the

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 the net,

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 packet

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), so

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 not

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

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

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 NAT gateway.

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

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: [snip] Next,

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: On Tue, Oct 14, 2008

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, Michael Powell

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, 2008, 1:04 AM grin Actually I'm not sure

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' options described in the

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 can

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

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

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 the

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

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:

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
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

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

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 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

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

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 been

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

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 freebsd 6.2

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

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

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

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

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

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 appears

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 like

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 (see your mail), so

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 internet

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 connected to

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 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