“For those… who have recently started using Linux and want to
network it in their small office or home network, I have here a
small report on how to set it up and and what pitfalls to avoid.”
— Moshe Bar
This letter to Jerry Pournelle tells how to use Red Hat Linux
with IP masquerading and Samba to connect one family’s five
Microsoft Windows computers into a small LAN and a single dial-up
connection to the Internet.
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