Subject: Re: Running two LANS: one for MOL, one for home network?
From: Brian Foddy (bkfoddy@soc.nwa.com)
Date: Fri Jun 30 2000 - 14:32:39 MDT
MOL will work fine on your existing lan, provided...
Answering 1 & 2...
You need to set up IP masquerading (ipchains) with a private
ip address for your local lan. Otherwise you will need another
public ip address which are difficult to come by.
IP forwarding is only 1 step in masquerading.
Mark Wolff wrote:
>
> Hi. I just connected my Mac running linuxppc to a cable modem
> (RoadRunner) and have succeeded setting up a LAN so that I can connect
> my laptop to a hub and access the network through linux. I have two
> ethernet cards, eth0 which connects to the cable modem, eth1 which
> connects to the hub. The home LAN works great, but now I want a network
> connection for MOL. Before I attempt this, I have some questions:
>
> 1) Can I connect MOL to my existing LAN, or do I need to set up another
> LAN just for MOL? Is it possible to run two LANs on one machine? How
> does one do this?
>
> 2) Is my kernel configured for IP forwarding sufficient or do I need to
> add ethertap?
>
> Thanks,
>
> mw
> --
> Mark B. Wolff
> Modern and Classical Languages
> Center for Learning and Teaching with Technology
> Hartwick College
> Oneonta, NY 13820
> (607) 431-4615
>
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