Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 12:02:30 -0600 From: Frank Griffith <frankg@idfw.com> To: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Message-ID: <01BD25CB.31F0DEE0@dal29-24.ppp.iadfw.net>
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I have installed FreeBSD 2.2.5 on a 486-66 system. Its running smoothly and I have gone through setting up the ethernet NIC, and followed the steps in the tutorial for setting up PPP. I have also edited the C:\WINDOWS\hosts file on the Win95 units as detailed in the tutorial, section 3.4. Okay, so far I can make the following happen with this unit: 1. Make a PPP connection with my ISP 2. Login successfully 3. Conduct FTP and Telnet sessions 4. Ping the other Win95 computers NIC 5. Ping the FreeBSD NIC from the Win95 units 6. Ping the FreeBSD machine from itself, both with its IP Address and using localhost or its name (curly). I want to use my now functioning FreeBSD machine as a getway to the internet for some Windows 95 machines which are hooked up to it via ethernet cards and some BNC cable. So, if I go to the FreeBSD box and make a PPP connection with my ISP, can I now go to the Windows 95 machine and set the Internet browser to use 192.168.0.1 (my FreeBSD unit's IP) as the proxy server? That seem oversimplified now that I spell it out. But can it be that simple?
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