From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Jun 3 15:32:04 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id PAA27338 for chat-outgoing; Tue, 3 Jun 1997 15:32:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from matrix.42.org (sec@matrix.42.org [192.68.213.129]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id PAA27277 for ; Tue, 3 Jun 1997 15:31:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from sec@localhost) by matrix.42.org (8.6.12/8.6.12) id AAA17892; Wed, 4 Jun 1997 00:31:38 +0200 To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Path: sec From: sec@42.org (Stefan `Sec` Zehl) Newsgroups: muc.lists.freebsd.chat Subject: Re: Anecdote: Connecting to the Internet in Australia Date: 4 Jun 1997 00:31:37 +0200 Organization: Internet@home Lines: 17 Message-ID: References: <199706030147.LAA02028@freebie.lemis.com> X-Newsreader: slrn (0.9.3.0-2 BETA UNIX) Sender: owner-chat@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In article <199706030147.LAA02028@freebie.lemis.com>, grog@FreeBSD.ORG wrote: > > No problem, start ppp on the remote computer... > > Well, just for the fun of it, I did that. Unfortunately, they're not > completely crazy. The address you get assigned isn't routed, so you > can't get out of the local network. Hmm, i thought he meant you should try ppp via tcp to hub.freebsd.org, (logging in and starting pppd locally ? :) - if hub gives you an IP, then you can freely ftp from there :) CU, Sec -- Fuer die Raupe ist es das Ende der Welt, Fuer den Rest der Welt ist es ein Schmetterling Error 0: No error