From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Sep 18 20:07:38 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id UAA22602 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 18 Sep 1996 20:07:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts15-line3.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.186]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA22520 for ; Wed, 18 Sep 1996 20:07:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id UAA00250; Wed, 18 Sep 1996 20:07:38 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 20:07:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Clay Jackson cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gateway local net over PPP In-Reply-To: <3.0b11.32.19960914003111.0072b8c4@seanet.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 14 Sep 1996, Clay Jackson wrote: > I've lurked here long enough now, perhaps I can help (altho the quality and > quantity of your answers is pretty amazing). > > In any case, what I did you get things working was to get a subnet from my > ISP, and have them make changes (dunno WHAT changes) in their routing tables > so that my subnet was 'visible' behind my ppp machine. Once that was done, > (almost) everything worked like a champ. Unfortunately this is not possible with my current ISP. I have no intention of requesting an entire subnet from the UO over dialup. > The only problem remaining appears to be around routed. If I run routed > with a -s (which is what the handbook and FAQs say), then if I also run > "-auto", the blasted thing either never times out, or times out and then > immediately redials, depending on my filter settings. On the other hand, if > I run "routed -q", THEN everything is OK, EXCEPT that I have to MANUALLY run > 'routed -s' and let it connect ONCE after I reboot. So you're using routed to do the proper translations. I'll have to poke at routed's docs then and see if I can configure it to do the right thing. Unfortunately, I can't solve your problem -- I don't do routed. > I'm SURE something is "wrong" in my routing tables, but I've no idea WHAT. > > BTW - I'm also running named, which seems to make life easier for my Win95 > and DOS boxes on the "other" side of my server. > > Hope this helps - lemme know if you need some specifics. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major