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Date:      Tue, 23 Jun 1998 14:03:43 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Wes Peters <wes@obie.softweyr.com>
To:        kahn@home.com (Kahn)
Cc:        net@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: routing issue
Message-ID:  <199806232003.OAA10405@obie.softweyr.com>
In-Reply-To: <001c01bd9eb2$5b536040$4800a8c0@ERIN.UNET.TM> from Kahn at "Jun 23, 98 07:20:45 am"

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> But can people on the outside start a chat with you? Can you start one with
> them? Can they send you a message directly, with out going through the ICQ
> servers? These are all problems I've been having, But these are the only
> problems. Everything else works great, I only regret is not setting up the
> FreeBSD box sooner.

No, but you just can't do that using a private network.  If you
really need this capability, you will have to give each of your
users a publicly available IP address, or have them remain logged
into a server that has a public interface.  That is whatPRIVATE
networks are fore - remaining private.

-- 
       "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"

Wes Peters                                                 Softweyr LLC
http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr                      wes@softweyr.com

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