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From: "Simon Harris" <simon@addease.com.au>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: router with variable IP
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 1996 13:35:28 +1000
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I'm also trying to do this, any script samples etc. would be most
appreciated.

> If I want to use my FreeBSD box as a router, I do need static IP
> addresses, as far as I know. However, my ISP can not provide logins with
> static IP addresses. Does anybody know whether there is some way to use
> a FreeBSD machine as a router that has one interface with a static IP so
> I can connect the other machines to it, and one interface that will
> accept the (variable) address my ISP gives me each time I call, so I can
> route from the static IP to the variable IP to the Internet?
> 
> Kurt
> 
> ... Kurt@pinboard.com * 11 Jul 96 14:00:49 (JST) * http://www.pinboard.com