Re: [ILUG] proxy

From: Vincent Cunniffe (vcunniff at domain arbgroup.com)
Date: Thu 10 Feb 2000 - 12:24:37 GMT


ilug-admin at domain linux.ie wrote:
>
> Can anybody point me to a simple HOWTO/guide to setting up a linux machine
> to act as a proxy server for a small network.
> The linux machine if fitted with an external modem for dialup Internet
> connection.
>
> I have looked at a number of documents but each one seems to give a
> different method of setting this up.

There are a number of different methods, but in general the technique is
called masquerading, and is fairly easy to set up.

Doing a web search on 'linux ip masq howto' should yield a good few sites
that will give lots of detail, but see if the following site is what you're
after first :

http://mirrors.indyramp.com/ipmasq/ipmasq-HOWTO-1.80.html

Regards,

Vin



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