Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 19:29:12 +0430 From: Stephane Bortzmeyer <stephane@laperouse.internatif.org> To: Andre Grove <ondrugs@ananzi.co.za> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Leased line server configuration via analogue modem Message-ID: <20031211145912.GC582@fetiche.sources.org> In-Reply-To: <3FD81C1A.7050508@ananzi.co.za> References: <3FD81C1A.7050508@ananzi.co.za>
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On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 09:26:18AM +0200, Andre Grove <ondrugs@ananzi.co.za> wrote a message of 47 lines which said: > How do would I go about configuring FreeBSD 5.1 to be a leased line > server? Basically a mail server and gateway. > I can get a null modem to connect and obtain an IP address. PPP, I presume, judging from your rc.conf? With PPP, most of the configuration could be done automatically. You probably do not even need to set the IP address or the netmask. > only able to access the machine from outside if there is a > "default_router" for my network. If you use pppd (there are two PPP in FreeBSD), do not forget the defaultroute option. It should be the default but there is may be a nodefaultroute lying somewhere.
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