From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 17 19:49:16 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA11269 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 19:49:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from awfulhak.org (awfulhak.force9.co.uk [195.166.136.63]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA11247 for ; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 19:49:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from woof.lan.awfulhak.org (woof.lan.Awfulhak.org [172.16.0.7]) by awfulhak.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id DAA09598; Wed, 18 Nov 1998 03:16:52 GMT (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from woof.lan.awfulhak.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by woof.lan.awfulhak.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id DAA08152; Wed, 18 Nov 1998 03:16:52 GMT (envelope-from brian@woof.lan.awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199811180316.DAA08152@woof.lan.awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Root cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ppp -alias question In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 15 Nov 1998 13:46:38 PST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 03:16:50 +0000 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > I've just set up a 2.2.7 box to act as a gateway using ppp -alias, using > exactly the same config file as the computer's twin. For the most part, > web access works quite well, with the exception of some websites. Sites > like excite or netscape come up fine, whereas sites like mapquest or > elecomm.net give me the message in the browser window of "Site contacted, > waiting for reply", but I never get any info from the server. Those same > sites when accessed from the gateway machine in lynx come up normally. > I've tried different permutations of unregistered_only, use_sockets, and > the other alias options for ppp, to no avail. I've even shut off > firewalling in the kernel, and it's the same thing. > > Any ideas as to why some sites would come up, and some wouldn't? Have you tried disabling tcp extensions in /etc/rc.conf ? > Rather frustrated, > > J. -- Brian , , Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour.... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message