Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1983 mails)

[grimmer@xxxxxxx (Lenz Grimmer)]

Hi,

On Mon, 7 Dec 1998, wmmvdwee wrote:

> I'm a relative newbie with Linux. Uptill now i managed to get my ISDN
> card and 3Com card working. So that's ok. I also can dial my IPS from my
> Linux PC.

Congratulations!

> I have a small home network, including my Linux PC and a Win95 PC of
> my kids. I can mount the Win95 PC with smbmount etc.
> 
> Now I want to give my kids access to the internet trough my Linux PC.
> Is this possible? And if it is possible how is it done. Is it called
> Gateway?

Yes, this is some kind of gateway. Most commonly, this is called an "ISDN
router" and it is of course possible with Linux.

> Is it done trough Samba or Apache, or not at all by these two servers.

No, theses to services are not used for this functionality. What you will
need is IP masquerading. The relevant variables can be found in
/etc/rc.config (they begin with MSQ_). Make sure that they are set up
correctly. The manual should give you further instructions.

> What are the settings on the Win95 PC?

Just use the Linux Server as your default gateway in your TCP/IP
configuration and make sure, that your Provider's Nameserver is set up
correctly in the DNS setup.

> Where can I find documentation man pages or Howto's on this subject?

In addition to the manual section, there is an IP-Masquerading HOWTO:
/usr/doc/howto/mini/IP-Masquerade.gz

> Any info will be helpful, as I already searched for man pages, and on
> the Samba and Apache Internet sites, but could not find anything like
> this.

Samba and Apache are used for different services.

Good luck!

        LenZ

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