Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 14:45:10 -0000 From: "Bond, Jeffery" <Jeff.Bond@nectech.co.uk> To: "'FreeBSD questions'" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Setting up a FreeBSD box as a gateway to my ISP Message-ID: <084DD226F592D211988800A024AC583B2692DB@exchange.nectech.co.uk>
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Hello, I would like to know how I can setup an old 486 running 2.2.7 to act as a 'gateway' to my ISP, so that other PCs (running Win98 or FreeBSD) on my LAN can access the internet. I can get the 2.2.7 machine to dial and connect to my ISP (Freeserve BTW), with no problem using pppd, but how do I get it to route data from the other machines on my LAN to the ISP via my modem? Also, what do I need to setup on the other machines? (Do I just need to set the 'Gateway' box in win98 to the ethernet IP of my FreeBSD machine?) The LAN is just a simple ethernet, using IP's such as 10.0.0.X. The FreeBSD machine with the modem is 10.0.0.1. I get a dynamic IP address for the ppp0 interface each time I dial my ISP. I'm not so bothered with dial-on-demand and such like at the moment, just the actual routing of the packets. What's the easiest way to do this? Thanks for any help, Jeff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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