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From: jasons@netcom.com (E. Jason Scheck)
Subject: Re: single to multiple IP address mapping
Message-ID: <jasonsDz9zIz.FE1@netcom.com>
Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest)
References: <53i58m$gsc@nntpd.lkg.dec.com> <53r2ag$a7@anorak.coverform.lan>
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 1996 17:06:35 GMT
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In article <53r2ag$a7@anorak.coverform.lan>,
Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>In article <53i58m$gsc@nntpd.lkg.dec.com>,
>	grohn@ozy.dec.com (Jim Grohn) writes:
>> I get allocated one ip address when I dial in using slip or ppp.  Works great.  
>> However I have several PCs, and I'd like to connect them all up to the internet
>> when I dial in.  I could do host based routing, but the ISP wants to charge
>> more for this.  Is there any software that connects up several PCs to the 
>> internet, but makes me look like a single ip address to the ISP
>
>As others have already said, any of NAT, masquerading and proxying will
>work for you.  But bear in mind (if you're connecting to an ISP), your ISP
>only wants *one person* to use the connection !  If you want to connect
>lots of people at the same time, you're breaking your contract :(

How could you possibly know the details of the contract that he has with his 
ISP?  In particular, I've never heard of a "per-user" ISP license.  Why should
the ISP care how many users use a connection; they only care about bandwidth.
(Yes, I know, I'm assuming that the world is logical; it is a fault of mine).

Jason Scheck
jasons@netcom.com
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