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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!solace!news.stealth.net!nntp04.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.mathworks.com!solaris.cc.vt.edu!cray-ymp.acm.stuorg.vt.edu!grail From: grail@cray-ymp.acm.stuorg.vt.edu (Giao Nguyen) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: IP masquerading Date: 23 Aug 1996 05:30:06 GMT Organization: ACM Student Machine Lines: 25 Message-ID: <4vjfku$mnh@solaris.cc.vt.edu> References: <4vj9eu$kil@news2.widomaker.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: cray-ymp.acm.stuorg.vt.edu NNTP-Posting-User: grail X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Exedore (exedore@widomaker.com) wrote: : I'm going to be leaving for college shortly, and I'd like to set up 2 machines : (one FreeBSD, and one win 95). But the stingy folk at Virginia Tech only give : one ethernet jack per room, and one IP address per person. I've solved the : jack problem by buying a hub, but I'm still left with the two computers and : the one address. I've heard of IP masquerading, but know very little about : it. If anyone could give me a general idea of how I might be able to : implement it, I'd be very grateful. If you are living on campus, you may request additional IP addresses. It's a matter of talking to CNS (Communication Network System ?). With the appropriate routing tables, you can setup both to work with the single activated port. This has been sucessfully done repeatedly on campus. If you are off campus, it's a matter between IP masquerade and NAT. : thanks, : J.p. You're welcome. -- Giao Nguyen Computer Science Student Will program for food