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In message <55shh7$k2s$1@goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au> - rwi@yallara.cs.rmit.edu.au
(Ross Irvine) writes:
:>
:>Hi All,
:>	I have a BIG question here. At work I have 8 offices connected to 
:>a central centre via 33.6k dialup modems (these modems are basically 
:>setup to send file, there is no actual netware/network connection between 
:>these, just basically zmodeming updated files). All offices are running a 
:>novell 
:>network (no TCP/IP install yet) same with the central server. Note there 
:>is currently NO connection at all between these servers.
:>
:>What I want to do, is to get an IP address for the central centre and 
:>then allow all users access to the internet.
:>
:>I was thinking of have the ip address on a linux server in the central 
:>system with maybe a linux server at each office accessing the main linux 
:>server.
:>
:>So if someone on a PC in an office wants access to the internet the route 
:>would look like this :
:>
:>PC -> Office Linux Server -> Modem at office ----- Modem at central 
:>centre ->Linux Server at central office -> Modem (or ISDN) to 
:>internet service provider.
:>
:>Now, what I would like to know is, Is this at all possible on such a 
:>large scale. 
:>
:>I'm not new to linux and have been using redhat for a few years now, and 
:>I'm pretty up to date in novell too (btw these are 3.12 servers..)
:>
:>I've got as far as knowning that I'll need TCP/IP on the workstations but 
:>I can't assign them an IP address as I only have 1. And getting an IP 
:>address for each workstation would be too much hassle (read : cost)
:>
:>So basically ANY information would be greatly appreciated.
:>
:>Many thanks for any help/guidence you could give me.
:>
:>Regards.
:>
:>-- 
:>Ross Irvine                        E-Mail    : rwi@yallara.cs.rmit.edu.au
:>Computer Science Department,       Phone GSM : +61 419 565 232
:>RMIT, Melbourne, Australia.        Nokia 2110 FAQ Creater, see below for WWW.
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Ross take a look at the IP Masquerading Howto's
or Firewall / Proxy Server Howto.

Try
http://sunsite.unc.edu/mdw/index.html
http://www.hwy401.com/achau/ipmasq/



Regard