From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jul 2 17:10:43 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA03071 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 2 Jul 1998 17:10:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from kakapo.pinnacle.co.nz (pinsoft.internet.co.nz [202.37.141.181] (may be forged)) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA03056 for ; Thu, 2 Jul 1998 17:10:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jonc@pinnacle.co.nz) Received: from tui.pinnacle.co.nz (tui.pinnacle.co.nz [202.37.163.3]) by kakapo.pinnacle.co.nz (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id MAA18727; Fri, 3 Jul 1998 12:07:29 +1200 (NZST) (envelope-from jonc@pinnacle.co.nz) Date: Fri, 3 Jul 1998 12:07:29 +1200 (NZST) From: Jonathan Chen To: Rick Hamell cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PPP and Win95 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 2 Jul 1998, Rick Hamell wrote: > > > I'm trying to replace a Linux Modem Server with a FreeBSD 2.2.6 > modem server. The problem I'm having is that my Win95 boxes won't connect > to the FreeBSD machine. Can you ping your FreeBSD box from your Win95 boxes? >I made the /windows/hosts file as was suggested in > the handbook, and have changed the Windows Networking stuff as suggested, > except for one thing. The DNS server asked for and host name should be my > ISP, or the FreeBSD box? Depends. If you've got a DNS running on your FreeBSD box you'd enter it that. If not, use your ISP's. Also make sure that /etc/rc.conf has the line: gateway_enable="YES" >Do I need to run Natd on the FreeBSD box to let > the Win95 machines see it. No. [snip] > Also, I want to add a few more virtual terminals (ALT-Fx) someone > had mentioned to me that I could add up to 12 total. How is this done? /dev/MAKEDEV vty12 -- Jonathan Chen -------------------------------------------------------------------- "Lots of folks confuse bad management with destiny" - Ken Hubbard To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message