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Re: SETI@Home?
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Wed, 2 Jun 1999 01:10:17 GMT
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Mike Stanley (cjc@NOSPAMnewsguy.com) wrote:
: Carbon 60 <carbon60@bigfoot.com> wrote:
: >Mike Stanley wrote:
: >> Oh, I don't have that many at home. I have that many at work. I only
: >> have 4 at home. Couldn't have more than 5 without running a proxy
: >> server, which is actually something I'm considering setting up at some
: >> point. I only have 5 static IP addresses allocated to me with my
: >> router. 4 machines work for now - my machine, rachael's machine,
: >> server, laptop. I might throw a Mac in there at some point.
: >
: >Don't bother with a proxy server - it's too much bother - I messed
: >around with Wingate and everything needed special settings. The
: >solution is a gateway - I use SyGate, basically all machines running
: >through the gateway on a single machine can use it's IP Address.
: >Therefore of those 5 machines an infinite number of machines could use
: >their IP Addresses. I use this Gateway at home - 3 machines into 1
: >machine with the modem using one dial-up connection with one IP Address.
: >
: >www.sygate.com
: Oh, I wouldn't bother with Wingate, although it is a decent enough
: package for two computers.
: If I do it I'll either use MS Proxy for NT Server (practicaly since I
: would be doing hands-on stuff that might help me with the Proxy class
: should I choose to take it, and I probably will) or just setup ip
: masquerading on a full-time Linux box, something I don't have right
: now but need. Both would be useful experience.
I can vouch for IP masquerading on a Linux box. Use it at my wife's
firm. Does a great job. Toughest part was getting the named config
files right.
-Bill
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| (...) named? Oh, yeah, I've been meaning to implement BIND as a caching nameserver, but it works ok without one, so I haven't got round to it yet. Other than that, Yeah, it works nice. Jasper (25 years ago, 4-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) Oh, I wouldn't bother with Wingate, although it is a decent enough package for two computers. If I do it I'll either use MS Proxy for NT Server (practicaly since I would be doing hands-on stuff that might help me with the Proxy class should I (...) (26 years ago, 18-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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