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Date:      Wed, 14 Apr 1999 17:53:49 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Mike Holling <myke@ees.com>
To:        "Ron 'The InSaNe One' Rosson" <insane@oneinsane.net>
Cc:        freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: PicoBSD Configuration
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9904141747070.19754-100000@phluffy.fks.bt>
In-Reply-To: <19990413134432.A72348@lunatic.oneinsane.net>

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> I am wondering if it is possible to build a PicoBSD floppy that
> will act as a DHCP client and do NAT.  Trying to find alternatives 
> for for COX@Home here in San Diego, CA for a Relative.

I did this very thing a few months ago.  I've been wanting to contribute
it back to PicoBSD, but it requires using pieces of the DHCP port and so
there's no clean way to build it.  I corresponded briefly with Andrzej
back then and he said that he was setting up a framework that would make
this easier.  Unfortunately I've been pretty busy this month and haven't
had time to see if that's happened yet.

Anyway, it's pretty straightforward.  I used the WIDE dhcp port, and
built dhcpc statically linked.  Then I modified the crunch Makefile to
incorporate the dhcpc bits, and now I have dhcpc available on the floppy.
I added the dhcpd server too and a small program so that you can have
PicoBSD get an IP via dhcp on the external interface, and then offer
private (10.0.0.x) IPs with the learned DNS server to the internal LAN
hosts.  It works really well, a handful of people are using it and no
one's had any kind of problems.

I'd be happy to help you out in any way to get this working.

- Mike



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