At 02:59 PM 7/12/99 -0700, you wrote:
>On Mon, 12 Jul 1999, Christopher P. Gill wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 12 Jul 1999, Keith Fischer wrote:
>> 
>> > Why would I run named or gatd?  Isn't my ISP taking care of that?  So I
>> > just tell my client computers that the DNS address is the real cable modem
>> > ISP address and the NetBSD forwards the packet to the modem since it
isn''t
>> > destined for a 10.0.2.x LAN computer.  Is that a bad idea?
>> 
>> Your clients need to actually communicate with a real DNS, which you don't
>> need to run yourself.  Telling them that your cable modem is a DNS isn't
>> the same thing.  The IP-NAT box is set up to transform the IP addresses on
>> packets from your clients to it's own IP address, and then send them on. 
>> The gateway, as far as your clients are concerned, is your IP-NAT box -
>> that's where their outbound packets will go for forwarding when trying to
>> reach any host not on your local network, including your DNS, if you
>> aren't running one yourself.  I gather you knew most of this, though...
>
>I thought he meant to use the ISP's DNS address.  Yeah, if it's using the
>cable modem's address, that's bound to not work right.  :-)
>
>
>David


Yeah...I give my clients the real DNS IP addresses, not my cable modem
router address.  I figure IP-NAT would route that correctly.