From owner-freebsd-isp Sat Mar 7 00:29:39 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA10840 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Sat, 7 Mar 1998 00:29:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from tunnel.cal.shaw.wave.ca (tunnel.cal.shaw.wave.ca [139.142.2.203]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA10835 for ; Sat, 7 Mar 1998 00:29:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from SegR@shaw.wave.ca) Received: from stephane ([209.197.142.42]) by tunnel.cal.shaw.wave.ca (Netscape Messaging Server 3.0) with SMTP id AAA20332 for ; Sat, 7 Mar 1998 01:30:38 -0700 From: "SegR" To: Subject: Multiple computers via single connection... Date: Sat, 7 Mar 1998 01:29:22 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3007.0 Message-ID: <19980307083034.AAA20332@stephane> Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi All. I'm in the process of switching to a fast speed ISP and I wanted to setup my local LAN to access the Net via the single connection... >From what I understand I could setup FBSD as a proxy server so that the rest of the LAN can access the NET through the ISP. A little info: My ISP: My ISP client setup is quite easy. A Motorola Cable modem hooked up via NIC card. IP and DNS is assigned via DHCP server. My LAN: My LAN isn't that big, actually it will only be on client (does not include the BSD box). However I need the capability of adding other machines at a later time. Possible Possibilites: #1 Hook up one computer directly to the modem as the ISP sugests... #2 Purchase hub, cabaling, hook modem to uplink on hub w/ cross over twisted pair cable, hook individual computers to hub. Pay ISP for additional IP's for each machine (max of IP's is 5) #3 Setup Win9x or WinNT w/ proxy server such as wingate. Need second nic card in the proxy machine. #4 Setup a BSD box as a proxy hook computers on second NIC card. Why not some possible possiblities: #1 HEY, I want multiple computers on the NET. #2 Not only expensive but, HEY, it's EXPENSIVE!, did i mention that it costs alot ;-) #3 Quick setup under 1hour (I have done this before). Slow thourougput performance. #4 Sounds fun to setup, and challenging. Never done this before, so I reserve a week to set this up properly. Rumour has it that this setup might actually achieve beter thourougput than option one due to Windoze architecture (Yes of course I could use FBSD as my client computer but, hey, BSD is NOT my work station of choice). So finally my question is, how do I go about achieving option #4. Here a few things that I hope to have by seting up option#4: 1. It works! 2. I could log on to the proxy server and it would assign my workstation a dynamic IP (this is not necessary, this something cool I would like to setup) 3. Don't expect much else, but we will have to see. What I will do once I get this to work! 1. Publish a web page where you could point others in this situation to; and never here from them again (in a good way)! Thank you for all your time, Stephane To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message