Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 08:09:12 +0000 From: David Knapp <dknapp@luciamar.k12.ca.us> To: "Bond, Jeffery" <Jeff.Bond@nectech.co.uk> Cc: "'FreeBSD questions'" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Setting up a FreeBSD box as a gateway to my ISP Message-ID: <36B01B28.D6FAC4F3@luciamar.k12.ca.us> References: <084DD226F592D211988800A024AC583B2692DB@exchange.nectech.co.uk>
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I believe that the Pedantic PPP Primer at http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/ppp/ppp.html is exactly what you are looking for. hth dbk "Bond, Jeffery" wrote: > > 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 -- David Knapp 805 473-4353 PC Network Specialist dknapp@luciamar.k12.ca.us LMUSD "Everyone knew her as Nancy" F.T. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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