Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 09:21:08 +0200 From: Gunter Loos <Gul@ngonet.be> To: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> Cc: questions@freebsd.org, isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: user PPP server problem Message-ID: <31F871E4.6CC@ngonet.be> References: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960725191725.3127A-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu>
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Annelise Anderson wrote: > > On Thu, 25 Jul 1996, Anil John wrote: > > > Agreed. But no satisfactory answers have been given to us FreeBSD/Unix > > novices on how to go about setting this up :). I have a win95 and FreeBSD > > box connected using ethernet. I would like to dial up using the FreeBSD box > > using user mode PPP and be able to browse using the tools I have on the > > Win95 box. I do currently have a dyanamic IP assigned to me when I log > > into my ISP. But I have everything setup right such that it works. I can > > use lynx, ftp, telnet etc from the FreeBSD box. > > > But it seems to me you're talking about dialing an ISP from one machine > (running FreeBSD) and expecting another machine (running Win95) connected > to it via ethernet to be able to use the connection to the ISP to browse, > telnet, ping, etc. the outside world. I don't even know if this is > possible. > > Think it is. Use proxies. And, as stated in other mails, there's no problem then when using reserved IP numbers... Oh well. Another thread on this subject. There should definitely something be done on it. Anyone interested in a project on documentation, gathering pointers, tutorials etc on the different aspects of ppp/FreeBSD? I am, so contact me... Gul. -- . .__ . |Nationaal Centrum voor OntwikkelingsSamenwerking vzw, NgoNet _| _ [ __ | |Voice Gunter.Loos@+32 2 5392620 Fax +32 2 5391343 (_](/, [_./(_|| |mailto:gul@ngonet.be "You are all weirdos." - Sam the Eagle ----MijnEigenWoordenNietVanIemandAnders - MyOwnExpressionsNotSomeoneElses----
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