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Date:      Fri, 24 Jul 1998 15:10:53 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
To:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   [Jim McGeever: FreeBSD and the internet]
Message-ID:  <199807241910.PAA25910@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>

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From: Jim McGeever <mcgeever@yahoo.com>
To: wollman@freebsd.org
Subject: FreeBSD and the internet
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 11:29:18 -0700 (PDT)

I have just come across FreeBSD and was wondering if it does Network
Address Translation (NAT) and if so can it handle invalid host TCp/IP
configurations.  If not is there a developer out there you could put
me in touch with who may be able to develop this feature.


Basically i have a hotel and would like to install a system that would
let guests use their own laptops in their rooms to connect to the
internet via a T-1.  If they are configured for DHCP this is not a
problem, as any NT server can do it.  However a lot of laptops are
configured for static IP addresses.  I would like for the server to be
able to recognize these or any invalid configurations and do some kind
of translation that would allow them to access the web without having
to change their own configurations.

SO if you could let me know what is possible with FreeBSd and if you
could put me in touch with someone who could help me, i would very
much appreciate it.

Jim McGeever
McGeever@Yahoo.com
650 962 1733

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