Date: Tue, 19 Aug 1997 14:21:06 -0500 From: "Jonathan E. Lyons" <parrothd@midwest.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IP routing? Message-ID: <33F9F222.6993@midwest.net> References: <Pine.BSI.3.95.970819113056.17532A-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net>
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hehe...
I've been doing the same thing, but there's only one drawback
that I've
noticed. My setup is a little different, I currnetly use an X2 modem for
our internet connection, this link tells all that you need to know..
http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/ppp/ppp.html
The only probelm is that quake will not work via TCP/IP, but
will work
via Kali, all of the other win95 machines act like they're directly
connected,Ping, trace, ftp, netscape, kail. There's supposedly a newer
version
of ppp that may solve the quake problem, but I have had a chance to test
it..
Or maybe you can persuade the cable co. to route a few additional IP's
your way...
>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.
>
> Let me know!
>
> Thanks very much.
>
> -Hank Kuczynski
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.
> >
> > Let me know!
> >
> > Thanks very much.
> >
> > -Hank Kuczynski
> >
> >
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