On Thursday 01 August 2002 19:18, Gil Tolle wrote:
> I'm interested in setting up a NAT machine between a local network and a
> DSL-connected ISP. In order to avoid some of the problems with Many:1 NAT,
> I would like to take advantage of the fact that my ISP is willing to issue
> as many DHCP dynamic addresses as I ask for, possibly enabling me to set
> up Many:Many NAT for my local machines. Currently, the machines are all on
> the same switch as the bridging DSL modem and are acquiring DHCP addresses
> on their own.
>
> Is there a way to configure iproute2 under Linux to acquire external IP
> addresses from a DHCP server as needed, instead of selecting its own
> external IP addresses from a given subnet?
That's called a dhcp relay
Or you can configure the linux box as a bridge.
But this is not the right place for this issue.
Stef
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