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In-Reply-To: <199612100507.WAA05817@rocky.mt.sri.com> from Nate Williams at "Dec 9, 96 10:07:22 pm"
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In reply to Nate Williams who wrote:
> > I've merged Charles Mott's PPP with packet aliasing code into the
> > -current PPP code and added a 'set nat on' command so that it can
> > be turned on or off.  The default is off which keeps the existing PPP
> > behaviour.
> 
> Wow, there are now *3* differnent folks working on this.  Brian Somers
> is working with the code that Charles sent me and has added some new
> stuff to it.  He wants to commit the code himself, so I've held off
> doing anything with it (and also because I'm on a business trip meaning
> I can't test it fully).

Hi, hi, I know of 4 now (I'm not the fourth, I have an unreleaseable
kernel NAT)....

> > If no one is violently opposed to this feature, I'll commit it later
> > this week.  It certainly seems useful.
> 
> Hold off just a bit longer if you would please.  I won't go into 2.2
> anyway, so there's no big rush.

Hmm, I'd like it to be in 2.2, and I know that charles's code works
pretty decently for a couble of my users here...

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