From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 20 17:19:40 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA25887 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 20 Jan 1998 17:19:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dry.jps.net (dry.jps.net [208.25.63.253]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA25860 for ; Tue, 20 Jan 1998 17:19:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ludwigp@bigfoot.com) Received: from speedy.pcscons.net (oak-port964.jps.net [209.142.31.230]) by dry.jps.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id RAA21211; Tue, 20 Jan 1998 17:18:22 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.19980120171841.00778b38@mail.jps.net> X-Sender: ludwigp@mail.jps.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.3 (32) Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 17:18:41 -0800 To: Frank Griffith , questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: Ludwig Pummer Subject: Re: your mail In-Reply-To: <01BD25CB.31F0DEE0@dal29-24.ppp.iadfw.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk At 12:02 PM 1/20/98 -0600, Frank Griffith wrote: >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? You can make it that simple, if you get squid and install it on your FreeBSD machine. However, if you want your Win95 machines to have full internet access: Have ppp run with -alias. You need to set gateway_enable="YES" on the FreeBSD machine in rc.conf. Your Win95 machines need to be set up to use 192.168.0.1 as their gateway, in the Network / TCP/IP part of Control Panel, as well as specifying the ISP's DNS servers in the DNS setup. http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/ppp/ppp.html has a nice step-by-step description for how to do exactly what you want to do. --Ludwig Pummer ------------------------------------------------------------------ ludwigp@bigfoot.com ICQ UIN: 692441 http://chipweb.home.ml.org PGP Key & Geek Code available on web page