[H-GEN] Re: Unix vs NT (religious war :-)

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(Note reply-to: being general at humbug.org.au vs root <dougy at gargoyle.apana.org.au>)

> In the base case, the external network link will be a single interface
> on the Linux box and that same host will be designated as the default
> gateway for all the other hosts on another interface.

I think thats what I have ..... the local gateway has ppp0 & eth0 both
with same IP address, and the other LAN boxes have other "real"
addresses but with different subnet to the external gateway

> 
> So, with eth0 on the internal network and eth1 the external link,


The external link is a dialup one 


> you only need to have a route for the local network to eth0 and a
> default route to eth1 (gateway as necessary).
> 
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I've got both the NET-3 HOWTO and a hard copy of NAG open but the more I
read the more confused I get. I think everything should be OK except for
routing table stuff on the gateway box .... O'Reilly seems to go on a
lot about routing tables in the LAN systems but that doesn't sound quite
right to me.
Its certainly nothing like what I would do in NT

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