Subject: Re: NetBSD setup for a 'semi-firewall'
To: Jon Buller <jonb@metronet.com>
From: David Brownlee <D.K.Brownlee@city.ac.uk>
List: current-users
Date: 09/05/1995 10:06:40
	Just have a 'nameserver <pc532_ip_address>' line in /etc/resolv.conf.

		David/abs

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On Mon, 4 Sep 1995, Jon Buller wrote:

> I'm trying to set up my PC532/NetBSD-current system to act as a
> forwarder for app level packets from my Mac II/Sys7.1 to my Internet
> Service Provider.  (I'm getting tired of always having to unplug
> my modem from one machine or the other.)  My ISP dynamically
> allocates an IP address everytime I dial up, and I'm sure they
> don't want to see packets with a different address than the one
> they assigned.  Also, I may or may not connect my Mac.  (Depending
> on the needs/whims of the day.)
> 
> I've gotten my Mac to connect with the PC532 and properly pass data
> with PPP, and getting my ISP on the line is no big deal.  I'm
> planning on using fwtk from ftp.tis.com to do the app level packet
> forwarding.  However, I'm wondering how to setup DNS for this little
> beastie.  I the 532 will (obviously) be multihomed, and the Mac
> will get it's address from the 532.  But I've never done anything
> with DNS past using nslookup.  How do I set it up so that the PC532
> can lookup addresses on it's own server?  Do I put something bogus
> in /etc/resolv.conf: blank, 127.0.0.1?
> 
> Thanks,
> Jon
>