On Wed, 25 Sep 1996, Chris R. Martin wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Sep 1996, Ricardo Kleemann wrote: > > My question is, will the workstations which use reserved IPs be able to > > go out into the net? If those reserved IPs are not routed "outside", then > > how would a workstation be able to properly communicate? > > > > What are the limitations/issues with using the reserved IPs? > > It is my understanding that it IS possible to use these reserved numbers > and still be connected to the Internet. However, you have use IP > Masquerading. There is a mini-HOWTO on sunsite. > See > > http://sunsite.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/mini/IP-Masquerade I tried IP-masq on a 1.2.13 kernel and it worked fine; some ip services (ping, chat, possibly ftp (don't recall) ) did not work 100% in that version. I understand that the 2.0.x kernels support more robust IP masq capability. You could also run proxy services on a firewall/gateway system. Finally, I've seen write-ups where the "gateway" system used a reserved ip address for the internal ethernet and connected to the Internet using a shell dialup running slirp on the Internet-connected host. Steve Greene [EMAIL PROTECTED]
