Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2000 17:21:48 -0600 (MDT) From: Joe Loughry <loughry@uswest.net> To: david@banning.com, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: using win95 PC off of FreeBSD Message-ID: <200010062321.RAA00359@miranda.dnvr.uswest.net>
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Yes, it's certainly possible; in fact I do it here. Once you have on-demand dialup to the Internet working on your FreeBSD box, make sure you have GATEWAY_ENABLE="YES" in your /etc/rc.conf file (then kill -HUP 1 to force init to reread the file). You'll need an ethernet card in the Windows 95 computer and one in the FreeBSD computer (I will assume you have a little LAN set up already). On the Windows 95 box, go into Settings, Control Panel, Network, and set the "default router" to the IP address of your FreeBSD machine on your internal LAN. Fill in the DNS name server field with the IP address(es) of your ISP's nameservers (same as in the /etc/resolv.conf file on your FreeBSD machine). Naturally, your Windows 95 computer has its own IP address on the internal LAN--may as well enter that in your /etc/hosts file on the FreeBSD box. After you reboot Windows 95 :-) it should be able to see the Internet through your FreeBSD connection. My wife's AOL works fine. It even triggers auto-dial on the FreeBSD box properly. -Joe Loughry loughry@uswest.net > Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2000 18:34:24 GMT > From: "David Banning" <david@www3.pacific-pages.com> > To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: using win95 PC off of FreeBSD > Reply-To: david@banning.com > > I would like to have a Win 95 PC running - but to get it's internet > connection through my FreeBSD PC. My FreeBSD is just running a > dialup connection - auto connect. > > Is what I want to do possible? How would I go about it? > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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