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From: "Bond, Jeffery" <Jeff.Bond@nectech.co.uk>
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Subject: Setting up a FreeBSD box as a gateway to my ISP
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 14:45:10 -0000
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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


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