Debian has the Linux HowTo's: > ~$ apt-cache show doc-linux-text > Package: doc-linux-text > Priority: standard > Section: doc > Installed-Size: 9136 > Maintainer: Debian LDP Maintainers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Architecture: all > Source: doc-linux > Version: 2005.04-1 > Replaces: doc-linux, doc-linux-html (<< 98.06-1), doc-linux-nonfree-text (<< > 2004.09-1) > Suggests: doc-linux-html > Conflicts: doc, doc-linux > Filename: pool/main/d/doc-linux/doc-linux-text_2005.04-1_all.deb > Size: 8264872 > MD5sum: 59618517881805e0eeaa46c299172065 > Description: Linux HOWTOs and FAQs in ASCII format > The doc-linux-text package provides the current Linux HOWTOs and FAQs in > ASCII format. Alternatively, HTML versions are provided in the > doc-linux-html package. > . > The version number reflects the month in which doc-linux-text was created. > . > All files are available at http://www.tldp.org/ (with versions in ASCII, > DVI, HTML, postscript, and SGML). > . > Documents with licences that fail to meet the Debian Free Software > Guidelines can be found in the doc-linux-nonfree-text package.
~$ locate -i masq |grep -i how /usr/share/doc/HOWTO/en-txt/Cipe+Masq.gz /usr/share/doc/HOWTO/en-txt/IP-Masquerade-HOWTO.gz /usr/share/doc/HOWTO/en-txt/IPMasquerading+Napster.gz /usr/share/doc/HOWTO/en-txt/Masquerading-Simple-HOWTO.gz /usr/share/doc/HOWTO/en-txt/VPN-Masquerade-HOWTO.gz > $ zless /usr/share/doc/HOWTO/en-txt/IP-Masquerade-HOWTO.gz [...] > Chapter 1. Introduction > > 1.1. Introduction to IP Masquerading or IP MASQ > > This document describes how to enable the Linux IP Masquerade feature on a > given Linux host. IP Masquerade, called "IPMASQ" or "MASQ" for short, is a > form of Network Address Translation (NAT) which allows internally connected > computers that do not have one or more registered Internet IP addresses to > communicate to the Internet via the Linux server's Internet IP address. Since > IPMASQ is a generic technology, you can connect the Linux server's internal > and external to other computers through LAN technologies like Ethernet, > TokenRing, and FDDI, as well as dialup connections line PPP or SLIP links. > This document primarily uses Ethernet and PPP connections in examples because > it is most commonly used with DSL / Cablemodems and dialup connections. But I'm with the others on this.... having recently purchased a Linksys wireless router. And with that, there's no annoying fan noise from your old beige box. Have fun. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
