Re: Modem sharing.
At 12:18:00 on 30/10/2000, Derm (mr@matsui.fsnet.co.uk) wrote:
> I've got a laptop with modem and NIC that is linked to my server box. I'd
> like to be able to share the internet connection on my laptop from my
server
> (apt-get is what I'm after). I'm running debian 2.2 on both. I understand
> that it should be a simple matter of setting up IPCHAINS a-la HOWTO.
> My problem is that I dont understand how the DNS lookup works, do I need
to
> setup bind ?
BIND is a bit of overkill for your setup. Check out dnsmasq - it works for
my home 'network' (two Debian boxes, one of which is the dial-up server /
firewall / Web proxy / cacheing nameserver etc.).
You can find the dnsmasq homepage at
http://www.thekelleys.freeserve.co.uk/dnsmasq/
Mike
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