Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 23:53:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> To: Brandon Gillespie <brandon@tombstone.sunrem.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IP Masquerading.. Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960716234800.406I-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960716000309.27030A-100000@tombstone.sunrem.com>
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On Tue, 16 Jul 1996, Brandon Gillespie wrote: > I know Linux can do it (I have a friend who has it setup, masquerading > a Win95 machine through his Linux box to the network via ppp). > > Can and if so how would this be achieved in FreeBSD? Basically my wife > often wishes to get online while I am also connected (usually working). > As this causes a dilemma I have ordered a new system for her (Mac, her > choice) with basic thinwire ethernet. However, now I get to set it up. I > would really REALLY not like to switch to Linux, is there any hope? This is the classic "ppp-gateway" question. You have to set up your machine for proxy ARP and enable IP forwarding. Proxy ARP is a part of iijppp I believe, and IP forwarding is contolled by the 'gateway' /etc/sysconfig item. Someone wrote something on doing this, I can't remember where it is tho. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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