From owner-freebsd-questions Sun May 19 18:55:25 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id SAA15035 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 19 May 1996 18:55:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id SAA15028 for ; Sun, 19 May 1996 18:55:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id LAA20428; Mon, 20 May 1996 11:38:11 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199605200208.LAA20428@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: ip masquerading To: root@bonsai.its.utas.edu.au (Charlie ROOT) Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 11:38:11 +0930 (CST) Cc: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: from "Charlie ROOT" at May 20, 96 09:37:44 am MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Charlie ROOT stands accused of saying: > > Hi, > > Sorry to stick an uneducated oar in the water but where does something > like SLiRP fit in to all this? > > According to the documentation > SLiRP allows you to connect a network of hosts to the internet without needing > globablly unique numbers (ie you can use 10.0.2.xxx for your hosts). > > Dose this contravene the rfcs? Not really. SLiRP only works on serial interfaces though. (you could theoretically hang it off a 'tun' device though, with a bit of hackery) > Andrew -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[