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On 15/09/00, 07:18:56, cam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding Re: Location
of IP masqurade docs:
> Wayne M Barnes wrote:
> > Dear Stablizers,
> >
> > My 4.0 system dials out over an external modem, and I have
> > here at home a W98 system connected to the FreeBSD system
> > over ethernet, expecting the FreeBSD system to be the Gateway.
> >
> > How do I set this up? Just setting gateway_enable="YES"
> > does not seem to be enough. "IP masquerade" only appears in
> > the hype/advertising sections of the handbook directory,
> > as far as I can find.
> >
> > Is there another technical name for this?
> >
> > I would be grateful for more recipe hints. My system
> > does dial out and connect to the world using ppp, but noow
> > I want to share this connection with other computers in the house.
> >
> > The FreeBSD system's rc.conf.local specifies ip addresses as:
> > ifconfig_ppp0=""
> > ifconfig_dc0="inet 192.168.0.3 netmask 255.255.255.0"
> > hostname="chica.renaldo.net"
> >
> > That last host name is not really legal. Is that a problem?
> > In /etc/resolv.conf, I actually have another domain name set
> > (the one of my IP, a university).
> >
> > Well, I don't want to go on too long, if you can just
> > please answer with a nice link to a detailed recipe, or
> > a few .conf files that work for you, I would be ever so
> > grateful.
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Wayne M Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> ppp runs very fine with my for more than 3 months (i've exactly the
same
> configuration that you).
> you need to edit /etc/ppp/ppp.conf to fill the phone, authname &
authkey
> fields, then call ppp:
> ppp -ddial -nat papchap
> and to close the connection:
> killall ppp
> notice that you can add an user in the network group to allow him to
> dial
> but check the man 8 ppp , it's very well explained
> cam.
ppp -auto -alias configname
This has the advantage that the router can be "forgotten about" and
will automatically make a connection when any of the other machines
want it. It does require good dial filters to prevent the M$ boxes
from dialing out!
-nat is now preferred over -alias
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