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Author: Johnny2Bad
Date: 24-08-08 06:11
Hi,
My ISP generously allows me 5 DHCP assigned addresses, I would like to use 4 of these addresses as clients for my freebsd machine.
The freebsd box grabs one address through DHCP. I would like clinets of this machine to send from client public addresses onto the network.
So when x.w.y.z transmits allong the network segment I would like the freebsd to retransmit the data using the address x.y.w.z. And same in reverse.
Is this possible?
Thanking you in advance,
Jonathan.
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Author: Dan
Date: 24-08-08 12:31
You are using terminology which I've not heard of before. That does not mean it is not correct.
I think what you mean is:
You want to use one server as a gateway. It will have one of the IP addresses from your ISP.
By clients, you mean machines behind the gateway.
Yes, FreeBSD can act as a router like this.
The question is: Why?
What types of services will you be supplying from these machines that require such a setup?
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Author: Johnny2Bad
Date: 24-08-08 14:28
Why I want the machines to have public addresses behind the gateway is so I can use server type applications without using NAT.
The main reason I would like public addresses for my machines behind the gateway is development of server type programs under windows.
I hope that has cleared things up, sorry for any misunderstanding, I am pretty much a newbie at freebsd.
Cheers,
Jonathan.
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Author: Dan
Date: 24-08-08 14:47
I think I'd try using the packet filter pf. Just don't do NAT.
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