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diff --git a/docs/mcc-help/en/drakgw.xml b/docs/mcc-help/en/drakgw.xml deleted file mode 100644 index afc1a226..00000000 --- a/docs/mcc-help/en/drakgw.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,129 +0,0 @@ -<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> -<section version="5.0" xml:id="drakgw" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" - xmlns:ns5="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" - xmlns:ns4="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" - xmlns:ns3="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" - xmlns:ns2="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" - xmlns:ns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"> - <info> - <title xml:id="drakgw-ti1">Share the Internet connection with other local - machines</title> - - <subtitle>drakgw</subtitle> - </info> - - <mediaobject> - <imageobject> - <imagedata align="center" fileref="drakgw.png" format="PNG" revision="1" - xml:id="drakgw-im1"/> - </imageobject> - </mediaobject> - - <para/> - - <section xml:id="drakgw-principles"> - <title>Principles</title> - - <para><mediaobject> - <imageobject> - <imagedata fileref="../drakgw-net.png"/> - </imageobject> - </mediaobject>This is useful when you have a computer (3) which has - Internet (2) access and is connected also to a local network (1). You can - use computer (3) as a gateway to give that access to other workstations - (5) and (6) in the local network (1). For this, the gateway must have - two interfaces; the first one such as an ethernet card must be - connected to the local network, and the second one (4) connected to the - Internet (2).</para> - - <para>The first step is to verify that the network and the access to - Internet are set up, as documented in <xref - linkend="draknetcenter"/>.</para> - </section> - - <section xml:id="drakgw-wizard"> - <title>Gateway wizard</title> - - <para>The wizard<footnote> - <para>You can start this tool from the command line, by typing - <emphasis role="bold">drakgw</emphasis> as root.</para> - </footnote> offers successive steps which are shown below:</para> - - <para><itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para>If the wizard does not detect at least two interfaces, it - warns about this and asks to stop the network and configure the - hardware.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>specify the interface used for the Internet connection. The - wizard automatically suggests one of the interfaces, but you should - verify that what is proposed is correct.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>specify which interface is used for the Lan access. The wizard - also proposes one, check that this is correct.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>The wizard proposes parameters for the Lan network, such as IP - address, mask and domain name. Check that these parameters are - compatible with the actual configuration. It is recommended that you - accept these values.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>specify if the computer has to be used as a DNS server. If yes, - the wizard will check that <code>bind</code> is installed. - Otherwise, you have to specify the address of a DNS server.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>specify if the computer is to be used as a DHCP server. If yes, - the wizard will check that <code>dhcp-server</code> is installed and - offer to configure it, with start and end addresses in the DHCP - range.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>specify if the computer is to be used as a proxy server. If - yes, the wizard will check that <code>squid</code> is installed and - offer to configure it, with the address of the administrator - (admin@mydomain.com), name of the proxy (myfirewall@mydomaincom), - the port (3128) and the cache size (100 Mb).</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>The last step allows you to check if the gateway machine is - connected to printers and to share them.</para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist></para> - - <para>You will be warned about the need to check the firewall if it is - active.</para> - </section> - - <section xml:id="drakgw-configure"> - <title>Configure the client</title> - - <para>If you have configured the gateway machine with DHCP, you only need - to specify in the network configuration tool that you get an address - automatically (using DHCP). The parameters will be obtained when - connecting to the network. This method is valid whatever operating - system the client is using.</para> - - <para>If you must manually specify the network parameters, you must in - particular specify the gateway by entering the IP-address of the machine - acting as the gateway.</para> - </section> - - <section xml:id="drakgw-stop"> - <title>Stop connection sharing</title> - - <para>If you want to stop sharing the connection on the Mageia computer, - launch the tool. It will offer to reconfigure the connection or to stop - the sharing.</para> - </section> -</section> |