Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 19:49:35 -0600 From: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> To: Timothy J Luoma <luomat@peak.org> Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: lowest end FBSD router machine possible Message-ID: <199711260149.TAA11906@nospam.hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: Message from Timothy J Luoma <luomat@peak.org> of "Tue, 25 Nov 1997 09:59:16 EST." <199711251459.JAA08753@luomat.peak.org>
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> {resending because it seems not to have made it to the list}
>
> I am looking to put together a low low end FreeBSD machine to ask
> as a ``router'' (is that the right term?) to do what I think it
> called `IP-Masquerading'
>
> Basically I have a cable modem and 2 computers, but only one static
> IP. I need the 2 computers to be able to talk to one another (NFS)
> and would like to be able to reach the internet through either
> machine.
>
> I have an Ethernet hub (Linksys, 5 port). I also have an extra
> Intel EtherExpress ethernet card I'd like to use for the new cheap
> machine.
Why add a 3rd machine? Simply add an ethernet card to one of your
existing (presumably FreeBSD?) machines and teach it to do natd tricks
for the other machine. With this setup you won't need the hub until you
add still another machine.
Or is it possible neither of the two machines is FreeBSD'ed? :-(
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David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net
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