From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Nov 26 12:30:51 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp1.cybersurf.net (smtp1.cybersurf.net [209.197.145.111]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 756C037B4C5 for ; Sun, 26 Nov 2000 12:30:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from [209.197.157.159] ([209.197.157.159]) by smtp1.cybersurf.net (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with SMTP id G4NFN600.26S; Sun, 26 Nov 2000 13:30:42 -0700 From: "Duke Normandin" <01031149@3web.net> To: Chris Fedde Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 09:41:22 mst7mst MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Re: 3.3R <--> win95 Reply-To: 01031149@3web.net Cc: Jim Durham , questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-mailer: Pegasus Mail v3.50 Message-Id: <20001126203046.756C037B4C5@hub.freebsd.org> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 25 Nov 00 at 17:57, Chris Fedde wrote: >On Sat, 25 Nov 2000 15:47:34 mst7mst "Duke Normandin" wrote: > +------------------ > | I realize that my scenario is not the *usual* way! However, I use a free > | ISP that insists in having users run his proprietary win95-only software. > | His dialer does not even show up in $MS DUN window. So Internet > | connections have to happen from the win95 side -- as far as I can tell. It > | would be great if I could run Lynx from the FBSD box and trigger a > | connection in the win95 box - but I've been told that win95 can't do that > | ( I believe that the correct terminology is that it cannot "route"). > +------------------ > >There is routing software that runs on windows 95. And you are >going to need that if you want to forward data through the windows >box. But it is pretty unlikely that any routing software will work >given that your "ISP insists in having users run his proprietary >win95-only software." Most of this stuff depends on things following the >normal conventions. I can live without win95 routing capabilities. If I can get rid of the ppp/tun0 problems on the BSD side I'll be satisfied until Samba arouses my curiosity. >If I were you I'd be looking for a different ISP. If i was in a position to do so, I would -- all on my own even ;) -duke Calgary,Alberta, Canada To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message