Date: Sun, 19 Dec 1999 09:09:53 -0800 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@3-cities.com> To: c.raven@ukonline.co.uk Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ppp -nat -auto <my ISP> Message-ID: <385D1161.999D8DF0@3-cities.com> References: <000501bf4a35$b76f25a0$0200a8c0@cian.net>
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c.raven@ukonline.co.uk wrote: > > Hi, > I am having problems with Windows '98 and FreeBSD running ppp -nat. > > Basically, The FreeBSD box with the connection is configured to use > ppp -nat, this works fine for the other FreeBSD boxes on the network, they > can reach the internet no problem. However, the Win '98 box can't. I start user-user ppp with "ppp -auto -alias pmdemand". I have the 'gateway_enable="YES"' in my /etc/rc.conf. I have ppp.conf configured to login on to my ISP. It dial flawlessly until something goes wrong on the ISP side. Then it can take awhile :). > > The Win '98 box can telnet, FTP and ping the gateway machine but, can't even > so much as ping any external addresses. > > I have set the 'HOSTS' file up in windows, the network card is configured to > use the bsd box as gateway, they all have the same subnet 192.168.0.xxx and > mask 255.255.255.0. I have tried setting DNS servers to the gateway box and > alternatively, the ISP boxes without avail. I have DNS setup in my Win98 and Windows 2000 machines to point to my ISP's DNS servers. Kent > > I can see the Win'98 box pinging away on the network but its just not > getting through. Is this a Windows 'known' problem or have I made some major > boo boo? I read the FAQ, the Handbook and Gregs Complete FreeBSD to no avail > here. > > Any ideas what could be going on? > > Chris R. > > P.S. Please CC me on any replies, as my total mailing list load means I > can't stay subscribed to -questions. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kstewart@3-cities.com http://www.3-cities.com/~kstewart/index.html FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ SETI(Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) @ HOME http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ Hunting Archibald Stewart, b 1802 in Ballymena, Antrim Co., NIR http://www.3-cities.com/~kstewart/genealogy/archibald_stewart.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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