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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FBSD, WIN95 and Wingate
Date: Mon, 02 Jun 1997 00:54:40 -0700
Organization: Walnut Creek CDROM
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To: "Keith W." <kwoody@citytel.net>
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Keith W. wrote:
> 
> Have a win95 machine taht has Wingate running on it. I have another
> machine that dual boots WFW or BSD. I have WFW setup so the 

Wingate is evil.  Exceedingly limited and nowhere near as easy to use as
true NAT.  Get FreeBSD 2.2.1 or later and use ppp's -alias option to
provide NAT to the other WinXX boxes.  Much easier, much more powerful.
-- 
- Jordan Hubbard
  FreeBSD core team / Walnut Creek CDROM.