Subject: Re: sharing a cable connection
To: None <razbitum@yahoo.com>
From: Gerald C. Simmons <simmons@darykon.cet.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 07/25/2001 16:21:57
On Wed, Jul 25, 2001 Louis wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> [SNIP]
> 
> > I got my own cable modem connection shared this way:
> > - Let kernel be what it was, there's no need to
> > compile it for NATing.
> > - Configure both interfaces so they work (that is,
> > you can ping both the 
> > LAN and Internet machines etc.).
> > - Set 'ipfilter=YES' and 'ipnat=YES' in rc.conf.
> > - Set sysctl -w net.inet.ip.forwarding=1.
> > - Configure ipnat.conf (and definitely you should
> > have a firewall, so    
> > configure ipf.conf too). Your ipnat.conf seems 
> > to be ok...
> > - Run 'ipnat -CF -f /etc/ipnat.conf' (and 'ipf -Fa
> > -f /etc/ipf.conf').
> 
> Well, I had already done all that, but it won t work
> ..
> 

I have nearly this exact same configuration.

What doesnn't seem to be working???

Can you connect-to / ping an outside system like www.netbsd.org???

Can you do DNS lookups with "nslookup"??  On your BSD box but not on clients??

We can walk through all of these until you locate your problem.

Gerry Simmons
simmons@darykon.cet.com