Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 02:32:40 -0400 From: David Krinsky <krinsky+freebsd@bantha.org> To: William Woods <wwoods@cybcon.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Two systems and a crossover cable.... Message-ID: <19990921023240.A68476@bantha.org> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.990920212716.wwoods@cybcon.com>; from William Woods on Mon, Sep 20, 1999 at 09:27:16PM -0700 References: <XFMail.990920212716.wwoods@cybcon.com>
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On Mon, Sep 20, 1999 at 09:27:16PM -0700, William Woods (wwoods@cybcon.com) wrote: > OK, I don't want hand holding, but some directions on where to look would be > nice.... > > I have a DEC Alpha that I want to network with my X86 system via crossover > cable from NIC to NIC. I have the cable. Where would I find instructions on > doing this. Nothing to it. Plug it in, give each an IP address on a private subnet (I usually use 192.168.*), and go. > Part two, is that I want to access the internet from the DEC through the X86 > system. The X86 system is already set up to dial on demand, although, I think I > will need some thing like IP masquerading...... > > Like I said, I really don't want hand holding (I don't think you all want to > hand hold either), I would just like some general directions on where I should > look in the docs..... I recommend http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/~rowland/FreeBSD/natd.html. Note that if you have just two computers, as is the case here, you ought to be able to use the single crossover cable in place of the hub + two regular cables this page describes. Dave. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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