From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Aug 24 20:36:52 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id UAA12513 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 24 Aug 1997 20:36:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.28]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id UAA12508 for ; Sun, 24 Aug 1997 20:36:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id UAA02099; Sun, 24 Aug 1997 20:36:40 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 24 Aug 1997 20:36:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Sin Key Teck cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PPP and broadcasts In-Reply-To: <199708190319.LAA01682@cc621.ntu.ac.sg> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 19 Aug 1997, Sin Key Teck wrote: > > If you're using pppd you need to add 'proxyarp' to your config file. > > I'm using pppd and proxyarp, and unicast packets work fine. What I really > want is to make the PPP hub (router??) forwarding broadcast IP packets > so that things like NetBIOS could work properly. I have no idea. I don't use pppd, sorry. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo