Thread-topic: Sharing an internet connection from a server
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On 1/19/07 6:55 AM, "Colin Kavanagh" <email@hidden> wrote:
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> On 1/17/07 7:28 PM, "Dan Shoop" <email@hidden> wrote:
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>> At 3:25 PM +0000 1/17/07, Colin Kavanagh wrote:
>>> Hello,
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>>> I've got a feeling that this is a silly question but here goes:
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>>> I'm running 10.4 7 server here at my desk. I have 1 ethernet socket for my
>>> server. The server in question has a fixed IP, serves a couple of minor
>>> websites and Is used mainly for network / WGM admin. Thing is I come in with
>>> a laptop and there's no socket on the wall that I can use to connect it to
>>> the network.
>>>
>>> What I'm wondering is if there is any way I can get my desktop server to
>>> share its internet connection, like you can do running the client version of
>>> Tiger, over firewire?
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>> Sure. This is even documemnted. Just use the firewire as the
>> interface to your laptop.
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> Ah, didn't know where to look.
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> In the server apps folder - Gateway Setup Assistant.
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> It's a super simple thing to do on OS X Client (Sys Prefs - > Sharing ->
> Internet) , and it's also simple on OS X Server with Gateway Setup Assistant
> but it goes through all the services your enabling so it feels like your
> doing something quite major. the following services are enabled: DHCP. DNS,
> Firewall and NAT.
> I'm sure I could get away with disabling a couple of these services.
Why are you sure?
> Must
> experiment. But I can get internet via my server's firewire port now.
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> Maybe some of these services come in to play when you enable internet
> sharing on the client? Must investigate.......
It should be pretty clear that your server (and any other computer being
used as an Internet gateway) has to perform the same functions as a
dedicated device like a Cable/DSL router. The services you're seeing are
individual components of that capability. Yes, you probably could alter the
default configuration on the gateway server and the Internet-sharing client
so that the server doesn't have to run DHCP and DNS, but it's an awful lot
easier just to use the default setup.
Matt
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