Date: Sat, 03 Jul 1999 01:03:08 +0300 From: Sodah <rsodah@index.com.jo> To: Jonathon Doran <doranj@Colorado.EDU>, FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: socks5 Message-ID: <377D371C.60DC1ACE@index.com.jo> References: <199907022039.OAA15281@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>
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Jonathon Doran wrote: > > You don't. It's a proxy software. It really just depends on your setup, > > you are either going to need to setup a proxy or two or use ppp -alias (or > > natd) to allow access from the win95 machine. > > What? Unless he's done something odd, none of this is needed. Out of the > box, FreeBSD's telnet/ftp daemons will accept connections from Windows 95. i did nothing , i am just trying to run mIRC at my Win-box till now i keep getting "unable to resolve IRC server" -Pons > > > Lets not complicate things with proxies until we have evidence that a > proxy is needed. And a proxy isn't going to help a FreeBSD machine accept > a connection from Windows 95. It would, however, help the Windows machine > connect to another machine _on the other side_ of the FreeBSD machine. But > this doesn't appear to be what he is trying to do... > > Quoting the original question: > > > Why do i need socks5 on my BSD machine to accept Windows95 connections? > > Pons: what do you mean by "accept Windows 95 connections"? How are you > attempting to connect? (ftp/telnet/irc/something else). This makes a > great deal of difference. > > What were the circumstances around your being told that you need socks5? > Were you trying to do something, and someone offered you this advice? It > might have been good advice which you have confused with another problem. > > Jon Doran To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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