Re: [WinMac] NAT (IP Masq) vs. Proxy

Michael bartosh(bartosh[at]tamu.edu)
Thu, 18 Feb 1999 19:14:46 -0600

> Michael wrote:
>> Don't forget IP-NAT in NetBSD. It's a lot more straightforward than
>> in linux, and it'll work great on any old IIxx - Quadra you have
>> laying around.
>
> Ah good one. Do you have a URL?

www.macbsd.com/macbsd

I am in the process of moving all my serving off of my netBSD box
onto a linux/x86 just because there is a lot more software (print
drivers for my Epson, fax server, better maintained rip servers) and
because I can expand bandwidth as my income grows. But I like *BSD a
lot more, and networking (things like IPNat) is a lot more mature and
easy to handle.

>
> Unfortunately, i don't think it'll work for Victor, who wrote:
>> 3. On which platform, Mac or Wintel, is the software easier to set up? One
>> caveat: WindowsNT is out (too complex and new for me) and all the Unix
>> flavors are out as well (it's been too long since I've done
>> anything but type
>> an ls command in Unix). For other reasons, the variations of AppleShare are
>> out as well (will need a new Mac, which the president of the company
>> will not purchase).
>
> Oh, c'mon Victor, Unix isn't _that_ hard. (Wasn't there a talking
> Barbie doll that exclaimed, "Unix is hard!"? :)

Any unix is a whole lot more predicable (and robust) and no more
unwieldy than nt.

>
> Actually i'm lying. Getting IP Masq to work under Linux is quite a
> chore. Heck, just getting Linux up and running can be a chore. And i
> _like_ that kind of thing.

Ask me about the week I spent getting my Intel box up and running. I
definaely do not like that sort of thing.

-mab

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