Miscellaneous NAT Configuration Tips Don't forget to add "net.inet.ip.forwarding=1" to /etc/sysctl.conf or NAT will not work. NAT requires IP packet forwarding. Don't forget to add "option IPFILTER" (and maybe "option IPFILTER_LOG" if you want ipmon(8) to work) to the kernel config file or NAT will not work. NAT requires the IPF packet filter. You must have IPF enabled even if you aren't using it for anything or NAT will not work. The standard way to do this is to make sure /etc/ipf.rules is installed and edit /etc/rc.conf changing "ipfilter=NO" to "ipfilter=YES" then reboot. When you bring up NAT it needs the interface to have an address. If you are using the ppp0 interface unless you start pppd from /etc/rc you cannot start NAT there. Instead, in the /etc/ppp/ip-up shell script add /sbin/ipnat -CF -f /etc/ipnat.rules to start NAT when the link comes up and the interface has an address.