Connecting to Ethernet

[tlang@freeway.apana.org.au (Tony Langdon)]

It's 19 Nov 96  16:30:26,
We'll return to wbaguhn@nyx10.cs.du.edu and All's
discussion of Connecting to Ethernet

 wb> that you need to get 2 IP numbers secured for yourself (one for the
 wb> 386, one for the gs). This could be avoided (only get one IP number) by
 wb> running something like slirp (sorry, unfamiliar with slirp's details.
 wb> my understanding is that it "extends" the host computer's IP number,
 wb> acting vaguely like a proxy server that translates into serial
 wb> connection?)

With the newer Linux kernels, you get IP masquerading, which can do the
same job as Slirp, at least for an Ethernet based LAN.  I don't know
if it will work with a SLIP connection on the "back end", but there's no
reason on the surface I can think of...

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