Linux will do the job, and probably much better then your win98 box ever
could...
use ip-masquerading - see the howto... not sure where...
use squid to proxy your web-browsing... makes it a bit faster
you can basically do anything as though the machine was dailed in to the
net itself after that...
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On Tue, 6 Jun 2000, Nuno Teixeira wrote:
> Hello to all,
>
> I wan't to know if it is possible to replace the Winproxy funcionality wirh
> Squid proxy. I know that my question is weird but I'll try to explain:
>
> In my office I have Winproxy installed (Win98) to share FTP, Telnet, HTTP,
> etc to all the computers. In the same intranet I have a Linux box that is
> the mirror and backup of my Linux server. What I like to do is use the Linux
> box to share internet to other computers.
>
> I'm asking this to you because I wan't to be sure to start all the work.
>
> Please help me and if this is not possible tell me some software that do the
> job.
>
> Thanks very much,
>
> Nuno Teixeira
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