From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 4 11:25:50 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id LAA06618 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 4 Feb 1997 11:25:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from dns.pinpt.com (dns.pinpt.com [205.179.195.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id LAA06613 for ; Tue, 4 Feb 1997 11:25:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from journeyman (gatemaster.pinpt.com [205.179.195.65]) by dns.pinpt.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id LAA29091; Tue, 4 Feb 1997 11:24:42 -0800 Date: Tue, 4 Feb 97 11:21:27 Pacific Standard Time From: "Sean J. Schluntz" Subject: Re: ppp & a fake network? To: Doug White Cc: questions@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Chameleon ATX 6.0, Standards Based IntraNet Solutions, NetManage Inc. X-Priority: 3 (Normal) References: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > 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. What do I assign the other computers on the network? Do I just make up some IP addresses or ??? *g* I guess I would make up a set of IP addresses for the internal network and then point all of the other systems to the FBSD system for the router. Thanks for your help!!! -Sean ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Sean J. Schluntz Manager, Support Services ph. 408.997.6900 x222 PinPoint Software Corporation fx. 408.323.2300 6155 Almaden Expressway, Suite 100 San Jose, CA. 95120 http://www.pinpt.com/ Local Time Sent: 02/04/97 11:21:28 ----------------------------------------------------------------------