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- From: sparks@baron.uucp (Tim Sparks)
- Subject: Re: Need help converting IP packets?
- Message-ID: <BzJswL.367@baron.uucp>
- References: <15126.2b2ef3d4@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu>
- Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1992 08:00:20 GMT
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- In article <15126.2b2ef3d4@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu> glazer@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu (Jon Glazer) writes:
- >
- >We just got out internet connection so we may connect our network to
- >the internet (via dialup). Unfortunatly (and not surprisingly) our
- >current IP address structure is not compatible:
- >
- > [ Picture delete ]
- >
- >Given the configuration above, we would like to attach other machines
- >we have on "our network" to the internet but are not looking forward
- >to the hassles of changing all of our ip addresses to suit the
- >internet requirements. Is there some sort of gateway/router that
- >would convert packets such as 89.x.x.x to 192.232.24.y given a
- >table? Is this at least concievable given that the masks are so much
- >different? If anyone has a solution, please feel free to email me.
- >It would be best if this can be done via a PC program (KA9Q is the
- >router for above) however, we do have suns at our disposal to some
- >extent.
- >
- >Thanks in advance,
- >Jon
- >
- >
- Jon, This not intended as a flame but as a piece of friendly advice
- acquired from personal experience.
-
- The time you spend looking for and buying the equipment, and then
- configuring the equipment to build the cross reference table, you could
- have already reconfigured the nodes on the network at a considerable
- savings of wasted manhours and money for hardware and software that could
- be better spent on other endeavors. .
- i
-
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