Sharing Internet Connections (O'ReillyNet)

[Posted October 6, 2006 by ris]

O'ReillyNet covers the use of fwbuilder on FreeBSD. "Before creating the rules you need within fwbuilder to share your internet connection, make sure that your network is properly set up. The computer running fwbuilder needs to have a NIC, which it uses to communicate with the other computers in your home network. This NIC is separate from the hardware you use to communicate with your ISP; that might also be a NIC (in the case of a cable or DSL connection) or it might be a modem (in the case of a dial-up PPP connection). Make sure the NIC you use to communicate with your other computers is plugged into the same hub or switch as your other computers."