nat exclusion? [Spam][94.2%]

[Peter Gregorc]

Thanks a lot, this solved the problem right away... one simple line i
couldn't find :/

Thanks!

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Peter Gregorc
Paranoid Metal Webzine
http://www.paranoid-zine.com
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On Thursday, November 3, 2005, 5:54:45 AM, you wrote:
Matthew> On Wed, Nov 02, 2005 at 04:55:32PM -0500 I heard the voice of
Matthew> Charles Swiger, and lo! it spake thus:
>> On Nov 2, 2005, at 4:45 PM, Peter Gregorc wrote:
>> >I've got 86.61.75.240/30
>> >.241 is for BSD
>> >.242 for WS1
>> >.243 broadcast
>> >So two are usable for outside usage, if NAT is disabled.
>> 
>> Sure, but normally, either .1 or .2 of a /30 subnet (ie, your .241
>> or .242) is the externally-connected router of your ISP.  A few of
>> the better ISP's will support switching their devices from being a
>> router to acting like a bridge, thus requiring you to provide a
>> dual- homed machine yourself.

Matthew> Presumably he's using the BSD box as the router (PPPoE).  You can get
Matthew> away with a single NIC just fine; I go through PPPoE with the single
Matthew> NIC in my old 486 router, and forward ports internally.  You want "nat
Matthew> unregistered_only yes" in the ppp.conf so it only NAT's private IP's
Matthew> and leaves public ones alone.