Is PF nat broken?

[Lawrence Farr]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-current at freebsd.org 
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-current at freebsd.org] On Behalf Of 
> Matteo Riondato
> Sent: 21 October 2004 14:20
> To: freebsd-current at freebsd.org
> Subject: Is PF nat broken?
> 
> I switched from PPP -nat + IPFW to PF for nat and packet filtering.
> It seems to me that nat does not work with pf:
> This are my rules in /etc/pf.conf :
> 
> ext_if = "tun0"
> wifi_if = "rl0"
> eth_if = "fxp1"
> 
> wifi_net = "192.168.1.0/27"
> eth_net = "192.168.0.0/29"
> 
> [snip]
> 
> nat on $ext_if from $wifi_net to any -> ($ext_if)
> nat on $ext_if from $eth_net to any -> ($ext_if)
> 
> [snip filtering rules]
> 
> In rc.conf I have
> gateway_enable="YES"
> ppp_enable="YES"
> ppp_mode="ddial"
> ppp_nat="NO"
> ppp_profile="eth"
> pf_enable="YES"
> pf_rules="/etc/pf.conf"
> [snip]
> 
> Please note that I'm using pf.ko, not in-kernel support.
> There isn't a "nat enable yes" line in /etc/ppp/ppp.conf
> Any help will be appreciated.
> 
> Best Regards
> -- 
> Rionda aka Matteo Riondato
> GUFI Staff Member (http://www.gufi.org)
> FreeSBIE Developer (http://www.freesbie.org)
> BSD-FAQ-it Main Developer (http://utenti.gufi.org/~rionda)
> Sent from: kaiser.sig11.org running FreeBSD-6.0-CURRENT


Works for me with 

        nat on $ext_if from $internal_net to any -> ($ext_if)

On a PPP dial up, ($ext_if=tun0) I think you may need to remove the 
nat enable from PPP and try again. 

Lawrence Farr
EPC Direct Limited