Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 15:11:05 -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: <014b01c1632a$7be92de0$cd2a6ba5@lc.ca.gov> References: <3BE1C6AC.728A948D@hsa.hitachi.com> <013d01c16329$e4fba2f0$cd2a6ba5@lc.ca.gov>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Drew Tomlinson" <drew@mykitchentable.net> To: "Rakesh Prajapati" <rakesh.prajapati@hsa.hitachi.com>; <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 3:06 PM Subject: Re: newbie networking/internet sharing question > ----- 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 P.S. You will also have to set the gateway address on the Windows machine to the IP of the FBSD box. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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