On Fri, Sep 25, 1998 at 01:26:07PM -0500, dsb3 wrote: > >The reverse can be done (ie. modem on your Linux box, and > >browsing on your Win95 Box) by enabling IP-Forwarding and > >setting up IP-masquerading. > > last I looked this won't work. unless the rest of the world knows to > route packets to your linux machine through the wind98 one this approach > will not work. IP Masquerading needs to be set up on the Linux box to enable the Win98 box to access the internet. Packets are then routed through the Linux box to the Win98 one. (Linux is far better in routing etc. than Windows 98 anyway.)
Read the IP-Masquerading Mini HOWTO. It'll tell you everything. Nils -- *-----------------------------------------------------------------------------* | Quotes from the net: L> Linus Torvalds, W> Winfried Truemper | | L>this is the special easter release of linux, more mundanely called 1.3.84 | | W>Umh, oh. What do you mean by "special easter release"?. Will it quit | * W>working today and rise on easter? *
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