natd.conf problem (was: natd problem (but close!) )

[Micheal Patterson]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "The Bean" <beantaxi at yahoo.com>
To: "Micheal Patterson" <micheal at tsgincorporated.com>; "freebsd"
<freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
Sent: Friday, December 26, 2003 5:19 PM
Subject: Re: natd.conf problem (was: natd problem (but close!) )


> > You're getting the idea. You're trying to set up a static nat
configuration
> > instead of a dynamic nat. Dynamic NAT uses one IP for all traffic from
the
> > internal systems. Perhaps I should've stated it this way first, my bad.
For
> > Static Nat setups, a gateway has to have the redirected IP associated
with
> > it's external nic. It's best if this is an aliased IP so that no traffic
to
> > the gateway is lost. Then redirect that address to the internal system.
> > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/book.html
> > specifically,  section 19.13.5 Address Redirection describes this best.
>
> Indeed, from 19.3.5 (which I just checked) . . .
>
> "The external IP addresses on the natd machine must be active and aliased
> to the external interface."
>
> I'm sure I read this section. Since that quote was right at the end, I'm
> also sure I got lost before I got to that part . . . but since I checked
> that section off my list, I probably never reread it.
>
> Anyway, I took a stab at this a while ago, and sure enough, it fixed the
problem.
>
> "Your bad"? I beg to differ -- you're the guy who fixed this!!! And it's
been
> bugging me for weeks.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> Thanks so much Micheal.
> - The Bean


Glad I could help. I've been using static NAT for about 2 years now here at
home. :)

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Micheal Patterson
Network Administration
TSG Incorporated
405-917-0600