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From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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Subject: Re: ppp & a fake network?
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On Tue, 4 Feb 1997, Sean J. Schluntz wrote:

> Right now I use the WinNT dialer to hook in to an ISP that assigns my IP on 
> connect (ISDN connection).   I would like to hook up a 'fake' network in my 
> house and allow the other systems on the network to access the Internet 
> through my system (About to be converted to 2.2-R when it is ready.) using the 
> one IP assigned in dial up (The cost of a block of IP is not an option right 
> now.)
> 
> Can I do it? How can I do it?

Yes you can do this one of two ways:

with (iij)ppp:  use the -alias option.
with pppd:  set 'proxyarp' in your pppd configuration file.

Oh, and set 'gateway=YES' in /etc/sysconfig.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major