Date: Tue, 19 Aug 1997 11:04:15 -0700 From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> To: Steve Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net> Cc: Hank Kuczynski <C-Kuczynski@mail.dec.com>, "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: IP routing? Message-ID: <33F9E01F.2C67412E@whistle.com> References: <Pine.BSI.3.95.970819113056.17532A-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net>
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Steve Hovey wrote: > > You cant do this without being given your own address space by your > provider > > On Tue, 19 Aug 1997, Hank Kuczynski wrote: > > > Hi there. I'm a potential FreeBSD user... but I've got a few questions before I dedicate a machine to it. > > > > > > Currently I've got a small home lan consisting of 5 machines in > total. One NT server, three Win95 Machines and a 486/66 that I plan > on using for FreeBSD as an IP routing machine. > > > > My connection to the internet is via my NT server with a cable > modem that has been dynamically assigned an IP address from their > side. However, my IP address rarely changes. I've had the same > one for four months now. > > > > I am running an NT proxy server and have had good success at > getting my machines to be able to use netscape to surf the web... > however, my main goal is to be able to do direct IP addressing... > IE be able to ping another host directly from one of my Win95 > machines going through my NT server. > > > > If you hadn't guessed by now, my goal here is to be able to play > Quake and other internet games that can't negotiate a proxy server > from my other win95 machines.... > > > > Can FreeBSD help me in this situation? Would I be better off > with Linux? I've heard of people being able to do this successfully > with Linux in the past. > > there is a service in FreeeBSD and Linux, called "Address translation" this would allow you to do this.. (if you set it up right.) in FreeBSD it's implimented by a program called natd (Net Address Translation Daemon) it is in 2.2.2 and 3.0 > > Let me know! > > > > Thanks very much. > > > > -Hank Kuczynski > > > > julian
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