Internet server on Linux box...

[dave at dpallan.com (dave at dpallan.com)]

I used a Linux box dialing up with a modem as a router/firewall for about
6 months until I got DSL.  It's a bunch of work to set up, but I found it
worth it.  

You end up knowing a great deal about basic routing by the time you've got
it working, which may interest you, or it may not.  It's what I do, so
fortuately, I like it.

The Linux Documentation Project (http://www.ibiblio.org/mdw/index.html)
has a bunch of info.  Try:
http://www.ibiblio.org/mdw/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/networking.html

In particular:
http://www.ibiblio.org/mdw/HOWTO/mini/Home-Network-mini-HOWTO.html

Which I haven't used, but in a two minute review, looks useful.  

Dave

 On Thu, 4 Jan 2001, Kevin M. Gleason wrote:

> I have a LAN running at home with a variety of computers running off the
> network (with various speed modems). I connect to Ultranet as my ISP.
> How do I set up my linux computer to perform internet hosting (that is,
> I would like to connect to the Internet singly using my linux computer
> to dial up my isp and have other household computers to attach to the
> Internet during that connection). Is this something that can be done
> easily? What settings using which applications. (I am using static IP
> addresses because I am also using a peer to peer network when family is
> on windows.)
> 
> Thanks
> 
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