From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jul 26 03:16:57 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id DAA20409 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 26 Jul 1996 03:16:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rs1.mtmc.edu (rs1.mtmc.edu [198.247.160.33]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id DAA20389; Fri, 26 Jul 1996 03:16:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost by rs1.mtmc.edu (AIX 3.2/UCB 5.64/4.03) id AA14818; Fri, 26 Jul 1996 05:07:38 -0500 Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 05:07:38 -0500 (CDT) From: Wes Side Story To: Gunter.Loos@ngonet.be Cc: Annelise Anderson , questions@FreeBSD.ORG, isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: user PPP server problem In-Reply-To: <31F871E4.6CC@ngonet.be> 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 Fri, 26 Jul 1996, Gunter Loos wrote: > Annelise Anderson wrote: > > > > On Thu, 25 Jul 1996, Anil John wrote: > > > > > Agreed. But no satisfactory answers have been given to us FreeBSD/Unix > > > novices on how to go about setting this up :). I have a win95 and FreeBSD > > > box connected using ethernet. I would like to dial up using the FreeBSD box > > > using user mode PPP and be able to browse using the tools I have on the > > > Win95 box. I do currently have a dyanamic IP assigned to me when I log > > > into my ISP. But I have everything setup right such that it works. I can > > > use lynx, ftp, telnet etc from the FreeBSD box. > > > > > > But it seems to me you're talking about dialing an ISP from one machine > > (running FreeBSD) and expecting another machine (running Win95) connected > > to it via ethernet to be able to use the connection to the ISP to browse, > > telnet, ping, etc. the outside world. I don't even know if this is > > possible. > > > > Think it is. Use proxies. And, as stated in other mails, there's no problem then > when using reserved IP numbers... > > Oh well. Another thread on this subject. There should definitely something be > done on it. Anyone interested in a project on documentation, gathering pointers, > tutorials etc on the different aspects of ppp/FreeBSD? I am, so contact me... > > Gul. Well, since I'm the one who started this thread you'll be happy to know that with everyone's help I've managed for the most part to get dial-up ppp running on my FreeBSD machine so that my Win95 machine can access the Internet via dial-up networking(using it right now :)!! The only problem left is that once I disconnect, I am unable to get the a ppp connection again untill I reboot the FreeBSD machine and restart ppp. Then it works ok for one more connection... and so on. Any idea on what the fix for this is? I also would be more than happy to help with putting together documentation for dial=up ppp, of course all I know is how to guess what combination of settings will work :) Thanks for everyone's help. Wes Dorale Mount Marty College Network Administrator