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From: Sin Key Teck <ktsin@cc621.ntu.ac.sg>
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Subject: Re: PPP and broadcasts
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970813235958.2059O-100000@localhost> from Doug White at "Aug 14, 97 00:00:47 am"
To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 1997 11:19:29 +0800 (SGT)
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> On Tue, 12 Aug 1997, Sin Key Teck wrote:
> 
> > I have two machines running 2.2.2. The first machine (let's called it A)
> > is connected to a LAN. The second one (B) is attached to A via PPP. A is
> > also doing proxy arp for B.
> > 
> > How do I make A forward broadcast packets between B and the LAN? I tried
> > to turn on the sysctl variable net.inet.ip.directed_broadcast but the
> > variable does not seem to exist.
> 
> If you're using iijppp you need to add the -alias flag.  If it doesn't
> like that or you're having problems see http://www.freebsd.org/~brian for
> an upgrae.
> 
> If you're using pppd you need to add 'proxyarp' to your config file.

I'm using pppd and proxyarp, and unicast packets work fine. What I really
want is to make the PPP hub (router??) forwarding broadcast IP packets
so that things like NetBIOS could work properly.

kt

> 
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