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Date:      Mon, 13 Jan 1997 15:25:21 -0500
From:      "Steve Sims" <SimsS@IBM.Net>
To:        "Matthew A. Gessner" <mgessner@aristar.com>, "hackers" <hackers@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: 2.1.5 router/gateway
Message-ID:  <199701132025.UAA75044@smtp-gw01.ny.us.ibm.net>

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You're in luck - I've prepared a (FAQ?  Netguide?  User's Manual?) that
explains *exactly* how to do this.

Are you interested in proofing it and/or providing f[r]eedback?

...sjs...

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> From: Matthew A. Gessner <mgessner@aristar.com>
> To: hackers <hackers@freebsd.org>
> Subject: 2.1.5 router/gateway
> Date: Monday, January 13, 1997 10:31 AM
> 
> Hello, all,
> 
> 	I have a machine that is connected to our Ethernet LAN that I would
> like to use as a machine to route packets to and from the internet via a
> ppp connection using user-level ppp.  I have 2.1.5 but since lynx isn't
> installed on it, it's kind of hard to get the information.
> 
> 	I'd appreciate some help on how I need to set this up from scratch.
> 
> 	My IP addresses would be
> 
> 	ed1: 10.0.0.4
> 	tun0: 204.178.182.130 (going to change, though)
> 
> 	What options do I need to enable?  BTW, gated doesn't install properly
> from the 2.1.5 CD-ROM, for reasons I don't know, other than the fact
> that there's been LOTS of problems with that one.
> 
> 	I'm also going to have other network devices (I have a few serial
> devices with ppp drivers that I'm using elsewhere via tun1/tun2 to allow
> me to connect) and I need to be able to route packets (like DNS etc)
> from those connections to my main internet connection via tun0.
> 
> 	Can someone please help or point me to some good explanations?  The
> book that comes with 2.1.5 doesn't help too much in this respect.
> 
> 	TIA
> --
> Matthew Gessner, Computer Scientist, <mgessner@aristar.com>
> Aristar, Inc.
> 302 N. Cleveland-Massillon Rd.
> Akron, OH 44333
> Voice (330) 668-2267, Fax (330) 668-2961



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