Well what might we helpful in this situation is to setup a DHCP server on
the linux box and have it give all of the necessary data to the roving
laptops, like nameservers, ip addresses and default routes. Also you'll
want to configure IP masquerading.
If you need more details regarding DHCP or IP masquerading, I'll be more
than will to help and exchange config files.
Aaron
On Mon, 19 Jul 1999, David E. Bernholdt 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.
>
> I've been looking through the documentation for NAT, but it is still
> not clear to me if it can support this kind of thing -- it doesn't
> seem to match up to any of the various configurations they describe.
>
> Can anyone tell me whether such a network setup is possible with NAT
> (or some other way) and point me to the best model(s)/example(s) which
> I can use to understand how to configure my setup properly?
>
> Thanks in advance!
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