From owner-freebsd-isp Fri May 16 09:14:10 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id JAA05741 for isp-outgoing; Fri, 16 May 1997 09:14:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from aries.bb.cc.wa.us ([208.8.136.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA05733 for ; Fri, 16 May 1997 09:14:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (chris@localhost) by aries.bb.cc.wa.us (8.8.5/8.6.9) with SMTP id JAA14315; Fri, 16 May 1997 09:08:09 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 09:08:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Chris Coleman To: Edwin Culp cc: xiyuan qian , isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: proxy host with ppp dialin In-Reply-To: <337C5C27.A3EFE2F@mexcom.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-isp@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 16 May 1997, Edwin Culp wrote: > xiyuan qian wrote: > > > > Hi, I have installed a host running FreeBSD2.1.5 and it can dial out to the > > Internet. Yes, it can get one static IP address. But, there is a LAN with the > > host and I have no more IP addresses. Is there any method that can make the > > host act as a proxy host to bring all the LAN to Internet. I mean, when the > > host dial out, all the PCs locates at the same LAN with the host can visit > > Internet too. > > > > Best regaurds! > > > > --xiyuan > One easy and practical way would be to install squid as a proxy/cache > that > would also optimize your bandwidth utilization. > http://squid.nlanr.net/Squid/ > Provecho > Ed > Or look at IPFilter. It has a NAT capabilities that would allow you to assign VIRTUAL ip addresses to the other machines and use the FBSD machine as the GATEWAY. http://coombs.anu.edu.au/ipfilter/ Christopher J. Coleman (chris@aries.bb.cc.wa.us) Computer Support Technician I (509)-766-8873 Big Bend Community College Internet Instructor FreeBSD Book Project: http://vinyl.quickweb.com/~chrisc/book.html Disclaimer: Even Though it has My Name on it, Doesn't mean I said it.