Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 23:42:21 +0000 From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> To: "Lefty G." <lefty@area51.stjohns.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ppp, ed0 and getty... Message-ID: <199711102342.XAA08873@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 10 Nov 1997 01:41:31 EST." <Pine.LNX.3.93.971110013152.7046A-100000@area51.stjohns.edu>
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> My current configuration is as follows:
>
> A BSD box with an ethernet card and a modem
> several win 95 machines with ethernet cards..
>
> I have my BSD box set up so when I start ppp and connect to my ISP, it
> will act as a gateway for the 95 machines.. This works fine, after I
> start ppp on the BSD side, any IP requests from BSD or from 95 go through
> BSD and then to the ISP.. The only problem I have is that once the ppp
> link is established (immediately after..) the BSD machine will no longer
> accept telnet or ftp connections... Is this a prob with getty or
> something? Then once the ppp connection goes down, the BSD box gladly
> accepts telnet and ftp connections..
>
> Does anyone have any info on this one? This would be greatly appreciated.
I'd suspect you're either running pppd or an old ppp, and you haven't
got a looped-back route for your shared ppp/ethernet IP.....
Just a guess.
> _L. Giakoumatos_
>
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