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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!metro!metro!asstdc.scgt.oz.au!f400.n712!f515.n712!f401.n711!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Distribution: world X-Comment-To: Cmott@Srv.Net From: Michael Stevenson <Michael.Stevenson@f401.n711.z3.fidonet.org> Date: Fri, 12 Jul 96 14:29:08 +1000 Subject: IP Masquerading in user PPP? Message-ID: <837145748@f401.n711.z3.ftn> References: <943543344@darkstar> Organization: Sentry -- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia X-FTN-AREA: COMP.UNIX.BSD.FREEBSD.MISC X-FTN-MSGID: 3:711/401.0 31e5d494 X-FTN-REPLY: darkstar 383d5430 X-FTN-Tearline: Maximus 2.02 X-FTN-Origin: Sentry -- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (3:711/401) X-FTN-SEEN-BY: 711/401 501 712/400 515 X-FTN-PATH: 711/401 712/515 X-FTN-PATH: 712/400 Lines: 16 c> was IP masquerading, where machines on a "private" ethernet (e.g. c> 192.168.0.x addresses) could make connections with the outside world c> via port renaming. I've found it to be almost impossible without a static ip address.. mike