97/07/24 07:13 Scott Reynolds

>On Mon, 21 Jul 1997, Francis Peter wrote:
>
>> Thank you Scott, it is working now. Some applications like Anarchie 
>> aren't working. If I trey to connect to a server on the internet, I get 
>> an error like this one: 
>> [...]
>> 425 Can't build data connection: Connection timed out.
>
>This is because Anarchie is doing a conventional FTP, which is to say that
>it tells the server what port to connect to your machine on.  Since it's
>not directly connected to the network your machine is on, it's failing to
>set up the connection.
>
>What you need to do is to tell Anarchie to use passive mode (PASV) for FTP
>transfers.  (I am not sure if you can or how to do it, as I use Fetch for
>FTP, and Netscape Navigator uses this by default, as far as I can tell.)

Yes, it's possible if you use the Internet Config application. This 
solved the problem with Anarchie.

>> What are your experiences with ipnat in the sense of what is working and 
>> what isn't working?
>
>Anything that requires you to have a connection from an outside site back
>to your internal machine will probably not work properly.  Some
>protocols may be able to be redirected, however; check out the `rdr'
>description in the inpat(5) man page.
>
>> The purpose of my second ethernet card is to set-up a connection to a 
>> cable modem. For this I need some information on how to set-up the NetBSD 
>> system to connect to the DHCP server of the ISP.
>
>Sorry, I can't help you there. :-(
>
>--scott

Peter

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