It sounds like you want to give your network access to the Internet. You can do this with a linux box by using Network Address Translation. This feature is called "IP Masquerading", or just plain "IP Masq". The PPP daemon (pppd) allows you to run scripts after it has connected with your provider. While running those scripts, assorted information is made available to them, via the pppd daemon. One important piece is the IP number that your provider has assigned to you when you login. You need this number to configure IP Masq for your network. (To give your network the Internet access you're looking for.) The script will have to configure IP Masq every time you login to your provider. (Since it's a dynamic IP, the IP will change every time you login, hence IP Masq has to be reconfigured.) Your Mission, should you choose to accept it, will be the following: 1) Research IP Masq, and how it's utilized. 2) Research scripts, and how they work. I believe that pppd uses bash scripts. 3) Research pppd, specifically how pppd runs scripts, and how it passes parameters to those scripts. 4) Create the scripts pppd will use to configure your box for IP Masq. 5) Play Quake 'til it hurts. This should be enough to get you started. (Or get you in *way* over head... :-) ) Good Luck! vitalik <vitalik@soc.lg.gov.ua> wrote: > I have a connect with my Internet provider with ppp. At my connect is > begin, I have a dynamic IP-adress, and on my linux box ppp0 - route is > default. It's work OK. > Trouble next, I want my Internet uses on my local network, I did not > found any documentation (except Proxy-ARP-mini) how do it. > Help me please! > Thank's in advanse! > > > - > : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu ____________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com. - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu
