From owner-freebsd-questions Sun May 12 19:23:55 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id TAA04589 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 12 May 1996 19:23:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from tolip.njin.net (tolip.njin.net [165.230.224.140]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id TAA04583 for ; Sun, 12 May 1996 19:23:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pilot.njin.net (pilot.njin.net [165.230.224.139]) by tolip.njin.net (8.6.12+bestmx+oldruq+newsunq/8.6.12) with SMTP id WAA08785 for ; Sun, 12 May 1996 22:20:20 -0400 Date: Sun, 12 May 1996 22:23:42 -0400 (EDT) From: David X-Sender: btjones@pilot.njin.net To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Gateway Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Before I go on with this message, I just want to apologize if 1) you have read this already on a newsgroup (someone suggested I post it here too) or 2) this has been answered in the past (I saw people ask the question in archives of this area, however I was unable to find any responses). My basic situation (and problem, in a moment) is this: I have a FreeBSD machine connected to the internet via dip/CSLIP. I have a Windows 95 computer sitting right next to it connected via null modem serial cable. The dialup works fine, so I know the problem lies not with that. Anyway, what I want to do is get the Windows 95 machien connected in some form with TCP/IP so that it has its own address and the FreeBSD machine is its gateway to the internet. My ISP gave me an address to use and I began to attempt different methods of setting it up. My first problem was with the Win95 dialer - for it did not support connections thru a null modem - so I just got a few shareware programs. I've tried multiple configs, tried different dialers, tried pppd, ppp -direct, sliplogin, and even slirp -- all without success. What either happens is I get absolutely nothing at all, my machine can telnet but _only_ connect to the FreeBSD box (and pings, and such -- and no machines besides the FreeBSD one can connect in any form to it), or it somehow takes over the whole connection and the FreeBSD computer is invisible to the net with the Win95 machine using its IP, but the last isn't really important. I know there's gotta be a way... If anyone can help, please reply. I've been trying to remedy this for days. TIA, Dave Wilson