Network

[BIS]

Hello.
I have a box with 2 NIC. Also cable modem (with static ip). Can someone point me in which direction to start to set up a home network with internet access? This is FreeBSD 4.4 b.t.w. Is there a step by step guide somewhere?

 

[axvpaa]

hi,
check

http://new.freebsddiary.org/cable.php

hth

 

[ksemat]

So you need to setup PPPOE to connect to your ISP and also nat alll outgoing connections. The handbook covers this quite well check

http://www.freebsd.org/handbook

and look for pppoe

 

[cburgess]

Um - don't make it more difficult than it needs to be; IOW, if your ISP does not use PPPOE don't mess with it. If you have a "simple" connection it requires a custom kernel with (at least) IP_FIREWALL and IP_DIVERT in addition to enabling/configuring NAT in rc.conf.

As ksemat said, it's well documented at the FreeBSD site.

craig