Bug 27320

Please wrap your lines at 72 characters.  Thanks.

dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au writes:
> 
> >Number:         27320
> >Category:       docs
> >Synopsis:       excessively vague information in pppoe page of Handbook
> >Description:
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/handbook/pppoe.html
> has a link "Care should be taken when running PPPoE with the -nat
> option." When the link is followed there is a list of 29 items, only
> #24 appears relevant to the -nat option. Since many users would have
> no interest whatever in whether or not games get broken, I'd like to
> see this item clarified with a mention at the pppoe page that this
> relates to games ONLY.

I think there are two separate, albeit similar, issues here.  First is
that the page you mention above links to a nonexistent FAQ entry.
Apparently the author was planning on writing one, and made the link,
but never got around to it.  The second issue is that the FAQ entry
about games not working with -nat is short-sighted; the issue is that
software which assumes that the client can accept TCP connections
won't work.  Games just happen to be a good example of this.

Perhaps you would like to send an FAQ addition to remedy one or both
of these problems?

Thanks,

					Dima Dorfman
					dima@unixfreak.org

Comment 2 Murray Stokely 2001-09-03 00:43:40 UTC

Responsible Changed
From-To: freebsd-doc->brian

Brian is our PPP guru.

Comment 3 Brian Somers 2001-09-03 03:29:50 UTC

State Changed
From-To: open->closed

The handbook has been updated.  The pros and cons of NAT are not relevant 
in a PPPoE howto...