On Wed, 24 Feb 1999, Bernhard H. Buckel wrote:

> Dear mailinglist,
> 
> I'm trying to find out how to setup my 5000/50 as a dial-on-demand
> router to connect my LAN to the 'net. Standalone connection works just
> fine, now I'm looking for help regarding the following:
> 
> - Is there a way to implement a dial-on-demand solution? I know the
>   Linux-diald but this program just won't compile (obviously it's very
>   Linux-specific). Is there another package floating around that's
>   known to compile and work under NetBSD?

Yes. To get dial-on-demand, just correctly configure the in-tree pppd. :-)
As I'm not entirely sure how to do it, I'll others say. You will need to
make sure you have a static IP address, though.

> - I searched the kernel source for an equivalent of what's known as
>   IP-masquerading under Linux - no luck. Do I really have to use a PC
>   <YUCK> running Linux to serve as a router?

No. Go looking for IPNAT, IP Network Address Translation, which is what
the rest of the world calls it. :-)

Take care,

Bill