On Aug 8, 10:18pm, nverenin wrote:
>Actually, I don't think any of the *IX ip filtering/translating systems
>(ipmasq/ipfw,ipnat/ipf) support static NAT either. It would seem to be
>something only found in commercial firewall software. No reason why
>something like ipf couldn't support it; it's probably not a highly
>requested feature, though, and it would not work with certain types of
>systems (cable modems come to mind)...
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^
Huh?  That's exactly the reason I've been struggling with getting this PC up
and running on NetBSD, to put a network of Macs behind it instead of just the
one now connected to the cable modem.  You mean my efforts have been in vain?

~Steve

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