dumb network question

[J.D. Bronson]

At 02:10 PM 3/3/2005, Thomas Foster wrote:
>hostname="my.hostname.whatever"
>ifconfig_NIC1="inet a.b.c.d netmask 255.255.255.0"
>ifconfig_NIC2="DHCP"
>gateway_enable="YES"
>
>replace NIC1 and NIC2 with the interface names.. and of course.. a.b.c.d 
>with the internal IP address..
>
>be sure theres no gateway defined for the internal interface.. and if you 
>need help setting up a firewall/router, be sure and check out :
>
>http://www.section6.net/help.php
>
>Hope this helps
>
>T

Yea...this is great. One last question guys...
for the nic that I have using for PPP...do I need anything special?
(like in OpenBSD I have to toss 'up' in hostname.fxp0 for example)

or does it -just- work.

thanks!




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