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[Chris Pinnock]

On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 08:38:07AM -0800, Jim Pennino wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 05:08:59PM -0800, Nejhdeh Ghevondian wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have three sparcstation 5 (say S1, S2 and S3), all running Solaris 9.
> > They are all connected (using switch) to 192.168.0.0 network.
> > All three systems successfully ping, rlogin e.t.c
> >
> > S1 uses a "good old" dialup modem to access internet (using the ppp
> > protocol).
> >
> > How can I configure other two systems, S2 and S# to gain access to
> > Internet?  What files do I need to modify? '
> >
> > I want to use a routing configuration to do this. I know you can also
> > use program called SQUID, but I really don't want to use this.
> >
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Nej
> >
>
> You can't just use routing because 192.168.0.0 won't route on the internet.
>
> If you don't have routable local addresses, you have to either use a proxy
> or some sort of network address translation scheme.
>
> A proxy such as squid would probably be the easiest to install and set up.
>
> Network address translation would be more versatile but more difficult to
> set up and maintain.
>
> Or you can pay your provider for a routable IP block.

Another alternative is to use software such as IPFilter to do NAT for
you:
	http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/

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