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From: gxa114@wilbur.cac.psu.edu (GEOF ABRUZZI)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: IP Masquerade on FreeBSD?
Date: 18 Mar 1997 01:59:14 GMT
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Is there an implementation of IP Masquerading for freeBSD?
Linux doesn't work on my 486, but FreeBSD does. Altenatively if I cant do
IP Masquerading, how do I set up things for a standard PPP gateway?
I think I understand this much:
The dial in at work is an NT server set to dole out an IP dynamically.
That IP is assigned to the modem (ppp0) of the BSD machine at home. I
statically assign an IP to the ethernet card in my BSD machine, BeBox,
Amiga etc...All the otherr machines (BeBox, amiga, NeXT) use the IP of the
BSD ethernet card as the gateway/router. Here is where I get a bit
confused. What IP numbers can I use for the local ethernet? Anything in
the subnet of the ppp0? (The netmask is 255.255.240.0) What netmask should
should I use at home? The smallest possible (i.e. 255.255.255.252)? Does
anything special need to be done at the server side?
I there anything important I might be forgetting?
Unfortunately I have not been able to find a FAQ on this subject, and
TCP/IP can be challenging to the inexperienced.
Anyway thanks for any help you can give, i really want to understand how
this stuff works.
Geof
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