From owner-freebsd-net Fri Feb 16 17:59:11 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from cx344940-a.meta1.la.home.com (cx344940-a.meta1.la.home.com [24.6.21.74]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0715937B491 for ; Fri, 16 Feb 2001 17:59:09 -0800 (PST) Received: (from cjsabatier@localhost) by cx344940-a.meta1.la.home.com (8.11.2/8.11.2) id f1H22IK53015 for freebsd-net@freebsd.org; Fri, 16 Feb 2001 20:02:18 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from cjsabatier) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.4.0 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 20:02:18 -0600 (CST) Organization: @Home Network From: Conrad Sabatier To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Using pppd to gateway another box via null modem serial line Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Can anyone offer some tips on how to go about setting up pppd to act as: 1) An address server, i.e. assigning an IP address to another machine connected via null modem to a serial port (ttyd0) 2) Providing a gateway for the null-modem connected box to enable it to connect to external (Internet) hosts I'm thinking the best way would be to edit the ttyd0 line in /etc/ttys, but I'm not sure what would be the best options to use. Authentication is not needed, as the only machine that will ever be connected to the serial port is local. I'm also not sure if any special routing setup is needed. And I'd like the connection to stay up as long as both machines are up. Thanks in advance for any help. -- Conrad Sabatier cjsabatier@home.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message