Subject: Re: Mac IIx as gateway/firewall
To: Ed Lauman <elauman@interlynx.net>
From: None <mcmahill@mtl.mit.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 04/14/2000 12:31:02
On Fri, 14 Apr 2000, Ed Lauman wrote:

> I want to get a cable modem and use my Mac IIx as a gateway/firewall
> between the internet(ie cable modem) and my internal network(ethernet with
> Macs and

yes you'll want 2 cards.  You'll probably need DHCP on the card going to
the cable modem.  See:
http://www.netbsd.org/Documentation/network/dhcp.html
for info.

for other networking info (including NAT which is what you want to let
your other machines get to the net) see:

http://www.netbsd.org/Documentation/network/


-Dan