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Re: ADSL and Linux router?

Vincent Janelle
Tue, 6 Oct 1998 18:12:01 -0700 (PDT)

Ip Masq does just IP to IP with port translation.

NAT means that it takes one protocol and translates it to another. Last I
checked, Linux didn't translate IPX -> TCP/IP.

At least, thats what #unix on efnet managed to agree too.

--Vincent Janelle "MCSE = Must Consult Someone Experienced"
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On Tue, 6 Oct 1998, Curt Sampson wrote:

> > What you have to do is set up IP masquerading....
>
> Oh, just FYI, it seems that *everybody* in the world, except for
> Linux users, calls this Network Address Translation (NAT). I have
> no idea why Linux users have to be different in this regard.
>
> cjs
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