[aclug-L] Re: router for Windows LAN

[Wayne White <WWHITE1@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 03:09 AM 01/06/2000 -0600, you wrote:
>On  7 Jan, Jonathan Hall wrote:
>> Force-fed crash courses are the best aren't, they?  :-)
>
>geez...  i feel like i've been thrown in a lake and told to swim (and i
>can't swim!) :^)
>
>sorry about all the questions, but i really want to get this right, as
>this is the first company that has actually employed me...  most of my
>consulting has been limited to easy win9x stuff in the Hillsboro/Marion
>area (tho' i actually have a guy wanting to hire me to install Mandrake
>on his computer!)...  want to get this working wonderfully, so i can
>use them as a reference on my app. to Gateway!  :^ )
>
>ok, so if i get the modem working and dialing up for that computer (no
>LAN stuff as of yet)...  what do i need to do next...  from what i've
>read, i need to compile in ip_forwarding along w/ the other stuff i
>would have on, say, my personal box that dials up southwind...  what
>else do i need to do?  i would _prefer_ it be setup so all i have to do
>on the win boxes is enter the gateway and DNS and i've got a working
>system, but i don't know how realistic that is...   that is all QuadNet
>(obsolete part of Tabor's network) required when i was there (tho' they
>used a satellite and WinRoute for inet)...
>
>again, thank you VERY much for your input...  i could NOT do this w/o
>all the help!  : ^ )
>
>if you could give me some sort of basic step by step process (doesn't
>have to be incredibly in-depth, but just an outline for me to follow),
>that would be perfect!
>
>jesse
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Jessi,

About the 10.x.x.x IP's, I understand that they are reserved for private
networks. I use them, less keystrokes:-) Anyway, you need to read up on
IP Masquerading. That's what will let the Win machines access the internet
through the linux box. The other nix box can too as long as the gateway
can be set to the linux box's IP. 

Wayne