Date: Fri, 09 Jan 1998 09:09:07 -0800 (PST) From: Simon Shapiro <shimon@simon-shapiro.org> To: Wayne G Boyd <wayne@jce.wintermute.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: PPP problems Message-ID: <XFMail.980109090907.shimon@simon-shapiro.org> In-Reply-To: <199801091027.KAA04748@ifb.net>
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On 09-Jan-98 Wayne G Boyd wrote: > I have just gone through the procedure for setting up user PPP client > support in my installation of FreeBSD. The idea is to have the > machine dial my ISP on demand (ie. whenever there is traffic for the > net), and everything seems to work fine. But the problem is that it > insists on dialing out each time I try to make a Telnet or Ftp to the > FreeBSD box from another computer on our LAN. > > Can you offer any advice ? A firewall? Routing? Is your DNS on the outside? Every time you REFER TO host.at.doamin, there is a DNS transaction that thranslates it to 1.2.3.4. > > Thanks for your help. > > Wayne. > -- > Wayne G Boyd, Digital Systems Manager > JCE (Aberdeen) Ltd > Tel: +44 (0)1224 772030 > Fax: +44 (0)1224 772002 ---------- Sincerely Yours, Simon Shapiro Shimon@Simon-Shapiro.ORG Voice: 503.799.2313
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