From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 10 16:07:03 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id QAA09730 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 10 Nov 1997 16:07:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from awfulhak.demon.co.uk (awfulhak.demon.co.uk [158.152.17.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id QAA09719 for ; Mon, 10 Nov 1997 16:06:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brian@awfulhak.org) Received: from gate.lan.awfulhak.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by awfulhak.demon.co.uk (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA08873; Mon, 10 Nov 1997 23:42:21 GMT Message-Id: <199711102342.XAA08873@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: "Lefty G." cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ppp, ed0 and getty... In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 10 Nov 1997 01:41:31 EST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 23:42:21 +0000 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > My current configuration is as follows: > > A BSD box with an ethernet card and a modem > several win 95 machines with ethernet cards.. > > I have my BSD box set up so when I start ppp and connect to my ISP, it > will act as a gateway for the 95 machines.. This works fine, after I > start ppp on the BSD side, any IP requests from BSD or from 95 go through > BSD and then to the ISP.. The only problem I have is that once the ppp > link is established (immediately after..) the BSD machine will no longer > accept telnet or ftp connections... Is this a prob with getty or > something? Then once the ppp connection goes down, the BSD box gladly > accepts telnet and ftp connections.. > > Does anyone have any info on this one? This would be greatly appreciated. I'd suspect you're either running pppd or an old ppp, and you haven't got a looped-back route for your shared ppp/ethernet IP..... Just a guess. > _L. Giakoumatos_ > -- Brian , , Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....