> > > I guess my real question is, can I do a connect like this: > > > > > > inet ----> hub ---> box1 > > > | > > > +-----> box2 > > Yes, you can do so, as long as you tell box2 to route its traffic through > box1. You did know that the gateway is a wholly logical and not physical > connection, didn't you? If it's possible to give Box2 a global IP, then do > it. Conversely, box2 can have an internal IP, but that doesn't mean that > it needs to be directly physically connected to box1.
So, given this configuration, I should be able to: configure box1 to handle IP-Masq ifconfig eth0 on box1 to the inet addr 160.94.138.145 add default route to my internet gateway (160.94.139.254) on box1 configure eth0 on box1 to the localnet addr 192.168.1.1 <-- how do i do this? ifconfig eth0 on box2 to the localnet addr 192.168.1.2 add 192.168.1.1 as gateway machine for box2 Is this right? And how do I set up the 1 NIC (on box1) to respond to both 160.94.138.145 and 192.168.1.1? > > > inet ---> box1 ---> hub ---> box2 > > > this is the right one, but you don't need the hub - a crossed tp-cable > > would do it, too. > > ...unless you want to add more boxes at any point. I think I've decided I will go with a hub, because I may try something like this at home over the summer, which would need to include 2 more boxes. And the hub might come in handy anyways. Thanks for the help, Colin
