I think the main point you are missing is that in case of DSL or Cable
Modems, you need 2 network cards. One connected to the DSL or Cable Modem,
and thus to the internet, and to provide the connection to the lan.
Patrick
----- Original Message -----
From: W. Sanford May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Expert Linux Mandrake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, June 25, 1999 9:57 PM
Subject: [expert] IPMasq Confusion
> I'm planning to set up ipmasq to share my static DSL connection with Win
and
> Macintosh machines on our private tcp/ip network. I've read the
mini-how-to
> for ipmasq and I've become a bit confused about the theory behind
> configuring ipmasq. Notably, the how-two seems to indicate that you set
up
> the Linux box with a private IP address that will also be used at the
> gateway address for the other machines. The how-to mentions 192.168.1.1.
> This is fine, but where do I setup the Linux box/local network gateway
> machine with the static IP provided by the DSL service provider? I also
> assume I should use the assigned default gateway from the ISP as the
default
> gateway on the Linux/local network gateway. Correct?
>
> It seems to me that if the Linux gateway machine is not configured with
the
> static IP from the ISP, the other machines on the network can point to it
as
> the gateway, but traffic will not be properly routed to and from the
> Internet. Is there someway to configure with the private IP address for
the
> internal gateway and then use the static ISP-supplied IP address for
> purposed of routing data to the Internet?
>
> Excuse me if I'm missing something obvious or not thinking all that
sharply,
> but any assistance would be appreciated.
>
> thanks...
>
> sanford
>
