From 8d2e61f291cdbaa6d443d2599a10f5360c66c751 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Lucas Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 23:02:34 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] You can connect more versions of Windows to the Internet via FreeBSD than just Windows 95. While I'm here, point at tutorials in the Handbook rather than useless links further into the FAQ. --- en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml | 24 +++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml index 411854c281..2e735cece9 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml @@ -8191,30 +8191,32 @@ Key F15 A A Menu Workplace Nop - Can I connect my Win95 box to the Internet via + Can I connect my Windows box to the Internet via FreeBSD? Typically, people who ask this question have two PC's - at home, one with FreeBSD and one with Win95; the idea is to + at home, one with FreeBSD and one with some version of Windows; the idea is to use the FreeBSD box to connect to the Internet and then be able - to access the Internet from the Windows95 box through the + to access the Internet from the Windows box through the FreeBSD box. This is really just a special case of the previous - question. ... and the answer is yes! In FreeBSD - 3.X, user-mode &man.ppp.8; contains a option. If + question and works perfectly well. + + If you're using dialup to connect to the Internet + user-mode &man.ppp.8; contains a option. If you run &man.ppp.8; with the option, set gateway_enable to YES in /etc/rc.conf, and configure your Windows machine correctly, this should work - fine. + fine. For more information, please see the &man.ppp.8; manual + page or the Handbook + entry on user PPP. - For more information, please see the &man.ppp.8; manual page. - - If you are using kernel-mode PPP, or have an Ethernet - connection to the Internet, you will have to use + If you are using kernel-mode PPP or have an Ethernet + connection to the Internet, you need to use &man.natd.8;. Please look at the - natd section of this FAQ. + natd section of the Handbook for a tutorial.