[3509] in linux-net channel archive
RE: Setting up Ethernet modem access
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Administrator)
Wed Jun 26 16:13:11 1996
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1996 16:43:12 -0200 (GMT+2)
From: Administrator <vojin@vsonic.fi>
To: Kevin Lewis <klewis@edcc.ctc.edu>
cc: "'Linux-Net'" <linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu>,
"'Linux-Newbie'" <linux-newbie@vger.rutgers.edu>
In-Reply-To: <01BB62A7.60A3F940@TECH>
Great...but I would like to use an ISDN card instead of a modem with full
support for spoofing and channel aggregation
. If anyone is using the same idea like with ISDN please post the setup
and the hardware used.
vojin
> Look into ip masquerading for Linux. You can dial in the Linux box and have it masquerade ("translate") ip's for your private lan. All the computers in your lan would have a special ip addr (192.168.1.x) and they would all "share" the ip addr given to your Linux box by the ISP.
> (Private Ethernet Nodes) <--Ethernet----> Linux <---PPP----> ISP
>
> There is limitations to this though... someone on the internet can only initiate a transaction to the Linux box... and the private nodes can't do some things (like ping) because of the masquerading.
>
> The June issue of Linux Journal has a good article on this. You can probably find out more on the internet.. of course. :)
>
> Another cool thing is you could have more than PPP connection in the Linux box to increase the speed of your internet connection.
>
> --Kevin Lewis
>
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> From: Nowhere Man
> Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 1996 7:35 AM
> To: linux-newbie@vger.rutgers.edu; linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
> Subject: Setting up ethernet modem access
>
>
> I have a peer-to-peer network hooked up in my apartment between 2 computers
> running Win95. However, I can't share my modem over this. I also run Linux
> on my machine and was wondering if there is a way to allow my roommate's
> computer to use my modem. For example, I want my computer to dial into my
> ISP. Then, I would like the second computer to be able to telnet out
> through my computer. Is there a way to do this? Is there a HOWTO or FAQ on it?
>
> 2nd computer --> ethernet --> Linux computer --> ISP (PPP) --> internet
>
> Thanks for your time.
>
> Neil Sharp
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