From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jan 21 15:29:16 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA09681 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 21 Jan 1998 15:29:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA09582 for ; Wed, 21 Jan 1998 15:29:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id OAA05253; Wed, 21 Jan 1998 14:20:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 14:20:51 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Frank Griffith cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" Subject: Re: your mail In-Reply-To: <01BD25CB.31F0DEE0@dal29-24.ppp.iadfw.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Tue, 20 Jan 1998, 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? Set gateway=yes in /etc/rc.conf and run ppp with the -alias option, and you'll be all set! Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major