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From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org>
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> 
> I have one freebsd machine with one dialup port on a 7 computer lan.
> 
> I can connect with the freebsd machine over the modem, I can start
> ppp and I can bringup telnet session to the freebsd box.
> However it will not forward packets to the other computers  on 
> the lan.
> 
> What am I missing? 

The gateway option in /etc/rc.conf ?

> -Mike
> 

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