Re: internet connection sharing
On Wed, 24 Jan 2001, David B.Harris wrote:
> To quote Omar Shuja Siddiqui <omarshuja@yahoo.com>,
> # i have recently installed a network of to Linux boxes.
> # one of them is a working dial up machine. i want to
> # share the internet connection with the other Linux box
> # also. please tell me what is the whole procedure for
> # doing this.
> There is very good documentation available for this. Check out
> http://www.linuxdoc.org . You want the "IP Masquerading HOWTO" or
> something like that. It's a fairly involved procedure.
I think that
apt-get install ipmasq
on the dial up machine should do it all for you, assuming your internal
network is already set up in some reasonable way. Say "yes" when it asks
whether you want to recalculate the firewall rules whenever pppd brings up
or takes down a link.---Bruce F.
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