On Mon, 25 Sep 2000, you wrote:
> Eugenio Diaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > --- Gareth Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Hi there,
> > >
> > > I was just wondering if someone could outline what I
> > > need to do to get
> > > Internet Connection Sharing worked out.
>
> [...]
>
> > Buy a 10/100BT Hub or switch (depending on your $$),
> > and 10/100BT Ethernet cards + patch cords for all your
> > machines.
> >
> > Setup a private IP address (like 192.168.1.1-254) on
> > each machine. Setup the IP address of the gateway
> > machine (the one connected to the Internet, via modem,
> > cable modem, or whatever) as the default gateway and
> > nameserver on all machines.
> >
> > Setup ip_masquerading on the gateway machine. You will
> > need to read the IP_Masquerading HowTo, but a minimal
> > config using ipchains would be to put the following
> > lines at the end of /etc/rc.d/rc.local :
>
> He probably meant how to setup with the "drakgw" tool written for 7.2
Exactly. I have no problems with sitting around with a stack of manuals, but
I would rather test drakgw, so that I once again thumb my nose at Windows
users.
