There are many people who use a software router to share one DSL connection among multiple networked computers. The most popular programs are IPNetRouter and SoftRouter. Under OS X, neither one of these will function, since OS X is handling the networking chores.
However, BSD UNIX contains a built-in network address translation (NAT) function, which can do the job that either package used to do.
Configuring it under the beta is non trivial, but it's not that complicated, and there are some pre-written scripts to help with the task.
There's a great thread here on the MacNN forums that discusses all the relevant steps, and includes some links to additional information.
You should be comfortable with your terminal and file-editing skills before attempting to configure NAT -- it's much more like UNIX work than typical Macintosh work!
However, BSD UNIX contains a built-in network address translation (NAT) function, which can do the job that either package used to do.
Configuring it under the beta is non trivial, but it's not that complicated, and there are some pre-written scripts to help with the task.
There's a great thread here on the MacNN forums that discusses all the relevant steps, and includes some links to additional information.
You should be comfortable with your terminal and file-editing skills before attempting to configure NAT -- it's much more like UNIX work than typical Macintosh work!
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