From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 22 20:14:28 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA08921 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 22 Jan 1999 20:14:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.exo.net.au (sky-valley.exo.net.au [203.14.230.103]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA08915 for ; Fri, 22 Jan 1999 20:14:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bullseye.apana.org.au!andymac@mail.exo.net.au) Received: by mail.exo.net.au id m103uS1-0004onC (Debian Smail-3.2.0.101 1997-Dec-17 #2); Sat, 23 Jan 1999 15:13:37 +1100 (EST) Received: from bullseye.apana.org.au (central.apana.org.au [203.9.107.245]) by bullseye.apana.org.au (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id JAA02970; Sat, 23 Jan 1999 09:46:09 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from andymac@bullseye.apana.org.au) Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 09:45:38 +1100 (EDT) From: Andrew MacIntyre To: Robert Chalmers cc: W Gerald Hicks , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: A tricky PPP + Routing question In-Reply-To: <36A82271.9EE4071E@chalmers.com.au> Message-ID: X-X-Sender: andymac@bullseye.apana.org.au MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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. -- Andrew I MacIntyre "These thoughts are mine alone..." E-mail: andrew.macintyre@aba.gov.au (work) | Snail: PO Box 370 andymac@bullseye.apana.org.au (play) | Belconnen ACT 2616 Fido: Andrew MacIntyre, 3:620/243.18 | Australia To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message