04-13-2004
personally i would opt and get a router. i have a cable modem and i use the router to recieve an ip from the ISP then the router issues my lan IP's via DHCP. its really easy and works really well.
currently i have my xp/xbox/freebsd machine online even tho my isp issued me 1 ip.
the chain works like this.
ISP -> cable modem -> router -> my computers.
if you want to go the free way you shoudl look at ipmaskerading and ipchains for linux. this will give you firewalling and software routing for your machines.
as for the last questions. check out ssh for secure remote connections.
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defaultrouter
defaultrouter(4) File Formats defaultrouter(4)
NAME
defaultrouter - configuration file for default router(s)
SYNOPSIS
/etc/defaultrouter
DESCRIPTION
The /etc/defaultrouter file specifies a IPv4 host's default router(s).
The format of the file is as follows:
IP_address
...
The /etc/defaultrouter file can contain the IP addresses or hostnames of one or more default routers, with each entry on its own line. If
you use hostnames, each hostname must also be listed in the local /etc/hosts file, because no name services are running at the time that
defaultrouter is read.
Lines beginning with the ``#'' character are treated as comments.
The default routes listed in this file replace those added by the kernel during diskless booting. An empty /etc/defaultrouter file will
cause the default route added by the kernel to be deleted.
Use of a default route, whether received from a DHCP server or from /etc/defaultrouter, prevents a machine from acting as an IPv4 router.
You can use routeadm(1M) to override this behavior.
FILES
/etc/defaultrouter Configuration file containing the hostnames or IP addresses of one or more default routers.
SEE ALSO
in.rdisc(1M), in.routed(1M), routeadm(1M), hosts(4)
SunOS 5.10 17 Aug 2004 defaultrouter(4)