Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 09:45:38 +1100 (EDT) From: Andrew MacIntyre <andymac@bullseye.apana.org.au> To: Robert Chalmers <robert@chalmers.com.au> Cc: W Gerald Hicks <wghicks@bellsouth.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: A tricky PPP + Routing question Message-ID: <Pine.OS2.3.95.990123094117.458B-100000@CENTRAL> In-Reply-To: <36A82271.9EE4071E@chalmers.com.au>
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On Fri, 22 Jan 1999, Robert Chalmers wrote:
> I have a C class network. 203.1.96.0 to 255. All valid.
>
> Their addresses are:
> Their end. 139.130.78.1
> My end: 139.130.78.12
>
> My Server Ethernet IP = 203.1.96.5
>
> The carrier wants me to set up my PPP link so that it has one of their
> addresses at their end, one of their addresses at my end, and I look after
> routing from my network to their network. So in effect on my FreeBSD box, the
> ppp link files contain both their addresses.
> If my machine is configured as a gateway, which it is, does that mean if I set
> up a route to their number which is at my end... from my Ethernet interface,
> then all will be well. But how do I do that, or is it automagic.
All you really need to do is set the default route to the IP address at
your ISP's end of the PPP link. I know that pppd supports a
"defaultroute" option that configures this automatically, but have no
idea what the userland ppp might offer in the same vein.
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