Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 07:30:32 +1000 From: "Doug Young" <dougy@bryden.apana.org.au> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, "Lowell Gilbert" <lowell@world.std.com> Subject: Re: proxy configuration issues Message-ID: <033d01c0b705$3209dac0$0200a8c0@apana.org.au> References: <008901c0b649$2e835280$0200a8c0@apana.org.au> <44d7b3p7c8.fsf@lowellg.ne.mediaone.net>
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> > Would someone please point me in the correct direction for info on > > configuring FreeBSD gateway system connected to the internet via > > cable (DHCP address) as a proxy for remote machines whose main > > connection to the net is via another dialup connection (there is a > > dialup modem link between the machines) > > Can you explain what you want to do in a little more detail? OK .... 50 odd computers in various locations around the city with 33.6k dialin modem access to a central server connected to the net via an increasingly congested pipe. Another 10 also with similar dialin access but also having a 512k permanent cable connection to the net. All modem links have fixed public IPs but the cable links all have DHCP IPs. What I want to do is offload some of the (http only) traffic between the central server & the net onto the cable connected machines. I know the easiest way would be to simply increase the size of the pipe, however its not as simple as that in OZ ..... telcos ask an arm & three legs for any connection using public IPs, typically 5 times the cost of a DHCP link. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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