I see your problem this way:
You have two machines somewhere, and only one dial-up connection. You want to access the internet with both machines, but using only one for the dial-up connection.
If this is the problem, then the answer is:
configure one of machines to use PPP to access the internet [
/etc/ppp, /etc/resolv.conf, /etc/ppp/options.ttyS0
On this machine you should enable ip forwarding and NAT/MASQUERADING, or you should install a proxy software [squid for example].
On the second machine you just have to configure the DNS resolver
/etc/resolv.conf, the default gateway and you're done. Or you can make use of the proxy installed on the first machine [tell your browser to use HTTP proxy at
IP_address_of_first_machine: port. Of course, you must have on both machines configured in the same private IP space addressing.
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Originally posted by Photon_Blast
I tried several routing options, but none of them seem to work. I am not sure why.
Does anybody know a good web site to get information on routing in linux and routing in solaris?
The man pages alone do not give you enough information on routing for this particular scheme.