Date: Sat, 7 Mar 1998 23:22:42 -0800 (PST) From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> To: Ludwig Pummer <ludwigp@bigfoot.com> Cc: SegR <SegR@shaw.wave.ca>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Multiple computers via single connection... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.980307232131.16777H-100000@current1.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19980307010345.00708880@mail.plstn1.sfba.home.com>
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go buy an interjet.. it's a preconfigured freeBSD machine to do just this... (but then I might be biased) (see www.whistle.com) On Sat, 7 Mar 1998, Ludwig Pummer wrote: > Your message isn't really something for freebsd-isp. -questions would be > more appropriate for this. > > At 01:29 AM 3/7/98 -0700, SegR wrote: > >Hi All. > <<<snip>>>> > >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. > Yup. > > >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. > Same modem, but I get a static IP. You'll just need to get the WIDE DHCP or > ISC DHCP clients on your FreeBSD system. > > >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: > >#4 Setup a BSD box as a proxy hook computers on second NIC card. > > Best way to do it. I've got 4-5 systems (one's a laptop) sharing a cable > modem connection in exactly the same way. > > >#3 Quick setup under 1hour (I have done this before). Slow thourougput > >performance. > Don't know about this...i got it done in one day, interrupted by work and > school. > > >So finally my question is, how do I go about achieving option #4. > 1) Do the physical setup as described above. > 2) Install a DHCP client and get the FreeBSD machine's internet connection > working. > 3) Install NATD on the FreeBSD gateway. (i've found a carefully set-up > SOCKS5 server to be good too, in case you need mIRC or some other program > which doesn't like natd). > 4) Install firewalling on the FreeBSD gateway. > 5) Set up the Win95 system to use the FreeBSD machine as a gateway > (described in the pedantic PPP primer at www.freebsd.org/tutorials) > > Good luck and have fun! > > --Ludwig Pummer > ludwigp@bigfoot.com ICQ UIN: 692441 http://chipweb.home.ml.org > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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