Hello Morse,
Once you wrote about "cable modem gateway":
> I am setting up a 486 RH 6.1 to act as a gateway for my cable modem.
> With a NT box I need to use two NICs ...one for the LAN and one for the
> Cable modem and then use a proxy server.
> But with Linux it is not a proxy...but a simple gateway address...
>
> Ok then do I need two NICs in the Linux box ...one for the modem and one
> for the LAN ?
> Or is there someway that I can just have one NIC for the LAN and plug the
> cable modem into the hub without purchasing separate IP addresses for the
> clients.
>
> How should I set this up ?
You can use one NIC for both your LAN and your cable modem (or whatever else),
although it is not recommended due to overload on the card. Also you can
have only one IP address for all your network. In this case you will have to
configure IP masquarading. There is a good HOWTO on it in your /usr/doc...
For the second IP address on the same card you will need to learn how to
use ifconfig. The documentation is available and is good. ;-)
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