[svlug] Re: [svlug]dsl (ethernet) and ip masquerading

[Derek Balling]

Yes, this is possible.
No, this is not ideal.
Yes, it will work quite nicely.
No, it will not be very useful for security.
No, it could cause problems if the other clients decide to broadcast packets.

With NIC's going for about $50, I'd say buy another NIC and call it a day.

d


At 6:00 PM -0700 4/11/01, Erik Steffl wrote:
>   I am about to get dsl installed (raw bandwidth) with one static IP.
>They said it's straight ethernet (tcp/ip), no pppoe...
>
>   is it possible to have just one NIC in the server (the one with static
>IP) and provide IP masquerading so that other machines can access
>internet?
>
>   I already have it working with ppp, but that means I have two
>interfaces on different networks (ppp on external, eth0 on 192.168.1.0)
>so it's easy (and covered in HOWTOs), but now it would require one
>interface to be on two networks - is that possible? there is something
>about multiple IP addresses on one interface in kernel config, not sure
>if those have to be on same network.
>
>   the way I imagine the network connections would be - dsl modem and all
>computers are connected to one hub, but being on different networks...
>it kinda does not make sense - please help me out here - is this
>possible somehow or do I HAVE to have two NICs in server? can it be
>solved with some kind of tunneling virtual network or some other
>buzzword?
>
>   TIA
>
>	erik
>
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