Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 15:06:52 -0800 From: "Drew Tomlinson" <drew@mykitchentable.net> To: "Rakesh Prajapati" <rakesh.prajapati@hsa.hitachi.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: newbie networking/internet sharing question Message-ID: <013d01c16329$e4fba2f0$cd2a6ba5@lc.ca.gov> References: <3BE1C6AC.728A948D@hsa.hitachi.com>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Rakesh Prajapati" <rakesh.prajapati@hsa.hitachi.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 2:03 PM Subject: newbie networking/internet sharing question > I have 2 PCs networked at home, one runs FreeBSD 4.2 (192.168.0.1) and > Other Windows 2000 (192.168.0.2) > > > I am able to ping from one to another. > > My Question is this > > 1) I use my FreeBSD PC to dial up at work and it assigns me a dynamic > IP. > > How can I use my Windows Machine to connect to work (through my FreeBSD > machine) and also have the ability to work from my BSD m/c at the same > time. > > I believe , FreeBSD needs to be set up as a proxy. Any suggestions on > how to do this? > > Also , Once this works , is this any different from sharing an internet > connection when FreeBSD machine dials out to ISP. I think it's as simple as adding gateway_enable="YES" to /etc/rc.conf and then rebooting. There's probably a way to do it without rebooting but I don't know what it is. I'm sure others will correct me if I'm wrong but you can give it a try. It shouldn't hurt anything. HTH, Drew To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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