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 REQUIRED DATE- OPEN          USER PRIORITY WEIGHT-  55    RANKING-  0012
 DATE RECEIVED- APR 22, 1997  REQUEST STANDING  - REVIEW   AS OF- MAY 12, 1997
                              TYPE- MOD/IMP

 DESCRIPTION-

        Improve router capabilities in Warp 4.0.  Being able to define
        an I/P address on a Warp 4.0 client machine not visible to an
        ISP and all requests appear as one machine.  Having either a
        dedicated I/P address or server assigned I/P address.  This
        would effect Warp 4.0 and Warp 4.0 Server MPTS configuration.

        End users would then have the option of using an OS/2 Warp
        Server or Client as a router to an ISP and enable various
        installed platforms to access or share a single ISP connection.
        With this capability to secure a secondary network behind a
        single Server or Client machine.  This capability is presently
        enjoyed by free OS's BSD and Linux.  This capability would mean
        an administrator could offload tasks from a server to one or
        several client machines to reduce demand on the main server.

        As line speeds increase in capability and cable modems are
        becoming more common place in homes several of my friends and
        myself have implemented this on Unix platforms.  ADSL and HDSL
        will bring closer the reality of permanent IP addressing and
        24 hour connections.

        ATTRIBUTES:

        MEDIUM Value
        Desired next FIXPACK

        Submitted by:

        Harold Henkel
        Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
        hhenkel1@telusplanet.net

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