Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 14:20:51 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Frank Griffith <frankg@idfw.com> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: your mail Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980121142022.5192H-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <01BD25CB.31F0DEE0@dal29-24.ppp.iadfw.net>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
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
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.BSF.3.96.980121142022.5192H-100000>