Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 23:32:36 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: Gerald Abshez <gerald@manhattanprojects.com> Cc: brian@Awfulhak.org, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: VPN's: PPP, SSH et al... Message-ID: <199809102232.XAA04071@woof.lan.awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 10 Sep 1998 11:56:04 EDT." <35F7F694.A471F0D0@smtp.manhattanprojects.com>
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> Two questions:
>
> 1) (A more basic PPP question) I can't see any machine other then the
> other end of
> the PPP connection. Yes, I did enable IP Forwarding. Some other
> config problem that
> I might have overlooked?
The netmask on a POINTOPOINT link is ignored by the kernel. You need
to add a specific route to the remote network. If for example,
you've got 1.2.3.0/24 on the remote end, a line like this should do
the job:
add 1.2.3.0/24 HISADDR
I'm assuming the latest version of ppp again - you can get it via
http://www.Awfulhak.org/ppp.html.
> 2) I'd like to automate the process. My hope is to get something going
> like the on-demand
> dialing function, where packets going to the remote network cause
> the ppp connection to
> happen. Am I dreaming?
No problem.... your dream is a reality :-)
Just get the latest ppp, use the !command syntax for the device,
add the above ``add'' line and run ``ppp -auto whatever'' and you
should be there.
> If I can figure this out, and do it in a nice way, I'm only more then
> willing to package the whole
> thing and donate it back to the project.
>
> Thanks,
> Gerald
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