On Wed, 24 Jan 2001, David B.Harris wrote: > To quote Omar Shuja Siddiqui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > # i have recently installed a network of to Linux boxes. > # one of them is a working dial up machine. i want to > # share the internet connection with the other Linux box > # also. please tell me what is the whole procedure for > # doing this. > There is very good documentation available for this. Check out > http://www.linuxdoc.org . You want the "IP Masquerading HOWTO" or > something like that. It's a fairly involved procedure.
I think that apt-get install ipmasq on the dial up machine should do it all for you, assuming your internal network is already set up in some reasonable way. Say "yes" when it asks whether you want to recalculate the firewall rules whenever pppd brings up or takes down a link.---Bruce F.