I've had several responses suggesting ipmasq or ipchains, but I don't
see how that (alone, at least), can solve the problem.
What makes my situation unique from all others I've encountered is
that I don't want to change the network settings on the laptops when I
bring them home. That means they already have IP addresses, gateways,
DNS servers, etc. that they expect to see. Moreover, the two laptops
"work" at different places, and so have completely different IPs &
such.
So I think somehow the linux box has to answer to a bunch of IPs
(network gateway for each laptop), and I have to map the DNS entries
to my ISPs (and/or I could run a slave DNS at home).
To me this sounds like NAT at a minimum, but as I said before, I don't
really understand if this kind of configuration is possible. Besides
the software issues, can I do this with both laptops on a single
network, or do I have to have separate network cards becasue they have
completely separate addresses.
On Mon, 19 Jul 1999 12:17:07 EDT Kev wrote:
>
> > I have a desktop machine at home which runs Linux. My wife and I each
> > have laptops running Win95 and Win3.11 (!) which often come home from
> > work.
> >
> > I'd like to be able to setup a local network & use the desktop machine
> > as a gateway to our ISP, but because changing network configurations
> > in Windows is such a pain, I'd like to be able to plug in the laptops
> > without changing their network configuration. When at home, the
> > laptops don't need to be visible to the outside world -- they'll
> > basically be originating connections only: telnet, ssh, ftp, smtp,
> > pop.
>
> This sounds like a job for IP masquerade (which is one form of NAT); the
> basics of that are documented in the mini-HOWTO located at
>
> http://metalab.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/mini/IP-Masquerade.html
>
> The rest of the problem, connecting the Windows laptops, will depend on
> how they're configured, but it should be possible.
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