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LinuxPower: Setting Up IP Masquerading

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 3, 1999

So – you’ve got your Linux up and running and you can use
the LAN between Linux and Windows 95. Good for you. But you still
can’t get online with your Windows 95 box and your Linux at the
same time. This is why they developed IP Masquerading.
To
begin with, you need a few things….”

“This document is based on my personal setup – a Windows 95 box
connected via eth0 to a Linux box which is connected to the
internet by ppp0. I use Slackware, with kernel 2.0.34. I’ll try and
make everything usable under RedHat, but I can’t make any
guarantees….”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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