From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 19 12:20:47 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id MAA29747 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 19 Aug 1997 12:20:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cdale3.midwest.net (root@cdale3.midwest.net [204.248.40.16]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA29729 for ; Tue, 19 Aug 1997 12:20:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from agadmin (ws2.c-ag.siu.edu [131.230.82.2]) by cdale3.midwest.net (8.8.7/8.8.5) with SMTP id OAA25986 for ; Tue, 19 Aug 1997 14:11:49 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <33F9F222.6993@midwest.net> Date: Tue, 19 Aug 1997 14:21:06 -0500 From: "Jonathan E. Lyons" Reply-To: parrothd@midwest.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.02 (WinNT; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IP routing? References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk hehe... I've been doing the same thing, but there's only one drawback that I've noticed. My setup is a little different, I currnetly use an X2 modem for our internet connection, this link tells all that you need to know.. http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/ppp/ppp.html The only probelm is that quake will not work via TCP/IP, but will work via Kali, all of the other win95 machines act like they're directly connected,Ping, trace, ftp, netscape, kail. There's supposedly a newer version of ppp that may solve the quake problem, but I have had a chance to test it.. Or maybe you can persuade the cable co. to route a few additional IP's your way... >Hank Kuczynski wrote: > > Hi there. I'm a potential FreeBSD user... but I've got a few questions before I dedicate a machine to it. > > Currently I've got a small home lan consisting of 5 machines in total. One NT server, three Win95 Machines and a 486/66 that I plan on using for FreeBSD as an IP routing machine. > > My connection to the internet is via my NT server with a cable modem that has been dynamically assigned an IP address from their side. However, my IP address rarely changes. I've had the same one for four months now. > > I am running an NT proxy server and have had good success at getting my machines to be able to use netscape to surf the web... however, my main goal is to be able to do direct IP addressing... IE be able to ping another host directly from one of my Win95 machines going through my NT server. > > If you hadn't guessed by now, my goal here is to be able to play Quake and other internet games that can't negotiate a proxy server from my other win95 machines.... > > Can FreeBSD help me in this situation? Would I be better off with Linux? I've heard of people being able to do this successfully with Linux in the past. > > Let me know! > > Thanks very much. > > -Hank Kuczynski Steve Hovey wrote: > > You cant do this without being given your own address space by your > provider > > On Tue, 19 Aug 1997, Hank Kuczynski wrote: > > > Hi there. I'm a potential FreeBSD user... but I've got a few questions before I dedicate a machine to it. > > > > > > Currently I've got a small home lan consisting of 5 machines in total. One NT server, three Win95 Machines and a 486/66 that I plan on using for FreeBSD as an IP routing machine. > > > > My connection to the internet is via my NT server with a cable modem that has been dynamically assigned an IP address from their side. However, my IP address rarely changes. I've had the same one for four months now. > > > > I am running an NT proxy server and have had good success at getting my machines to be able to use netscape to surf the web... however, my main goal is to be able to do direct IP addressing... IE be able to ping another host directly from one of my Win95 machines going through my NT server. > > > > If you hadn't guessed by now, my goal here is to be able to play Quake and other internet games that can't negotiate a proxy server from my other win95 machines.... > > > > Can FreeBSD help me in this situation? Would I be better off with Linux? I've heard of people being able to do this successfully with Linux in the past. > > > > Let me know! > > > > Thanks very much. > > > > -Hank Kuczynski > > > >