From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Aug 3 11:40:52 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id LAA29273 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 3 Aug 1996 11:40:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from synwork.com (root@synwork.com [199.3.234.4]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id LAA29268 for ; Sat, 3 Aug 1996 11:40:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from synwork.com (flaq@ns1.synwork.com [204.120.255.17]) by synwork.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id NAA10590; Sat, 3 Aug 1996 13:40:29 -0500 Date: Sat, 3 Aug 1996 13:40:28 -0500 (CDT) From: Mike To: Mark Mathis cc: Daniel Kligerman , questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Win95 to FreeBSD through Ethernet In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 3 Aug 1996, Mark Mathis wrote: > On Sat, 3 Aug 1996, Daniel Kligerman wrote: > > > What IP address do I use for the Win95 machine? Do I just pick a > > non-public address for it? For the dns IP I assume I put in the static > > IP of my internet account? > > No, you need to get a class "C" from your provider. Once you connect your > win95 machine to your freebsd machine that is connected to the internet > the win95 machine will be able to reach the whole world and the world > will be able to reach it. The address needs to be a valid address > assigned to you. He doesn't need a Class C. What he needs are one IP from his ISP if he want to use a proxy server, or two IP's from his ISP and a static route from his ISP. Mike ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~ Syn-Work Media, Inc. | WWW Development & Hosting | Life Safety http://www.synwork.com | Systems Integration | CCTV mike@synwork.com | Voice/Data/Fiber | Access Control Flaq on IRC | Dukane Distributor | BICSI/RCDD ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~