Matthew Robinson wrote :

> so i can give internet access a computer connected to mine

Then it might be "IP Masquerading" your looking for. There's some few
words from Patrick about this near the end of /etc/rc.d/rc.modules

You can find more about this here:
/usr/doc/Linux-HOWTOs/IP-Masquerade-HOWTO
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Thomas O.

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