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Connecting a LAN to the Internet Through a Dial-Up PPP



Hi!

I don't know if this is the correct place for this question, but I am
sure
that someone here will know the answer.

I have a Solaris (on a notebook) connected to the Internet through a PPP
dial-up modem. It has a dynamic IP that is given temporarily by the ISP.
I have another machine with Win'95, connected to the Solaris by Ethernet
(cross 10BaseT). I want the Win to access the Internet:
 _____                      _______      _________           _______
|     |                    |       |    |         |  cross  |       |
| ISP |----(phone-line)----| modem |----| Solaris |----X----| Win95 |
|_____|                    |_______|    |_________| 10BaseT |_______|

Now comes a bunch of questions:

1. What IPs should I give the machines?  10.*?  None?
2. What network components should be installed on the Win?
3. Should an address translation be installed on the Solaris?  How?
4. Can Proxy (on the Solaris) solve my problem?  Will it allow programs
   to contact external servers (e.g. Java applets that communicate with
   external servers)?
5. Let's assume that everything was solved. Can I still tell the Win to
   call the ISP explicitly (for example, when the notebook is not
there)?
   How?  Automatically (by recognizing that the Solaris/gateway is not
   there) or manually?

Thanks in advance,
-- 
Eli Marmor
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