From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jun 11 22:19:41 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id WAA09575 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 11 Jun 1997 22:19:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from obie.softweyr.ml.org ([199.104.124.49]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA09568 for ; Wed, 11 Jun 1997 22:19:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from wes@localhost) by obie.softweyr.ml.org (8.7.5/8.6.12) id WAA18019; Wed, 11 Jun 1997 22:22:46 -0600 (MDT) Date: Wed, 11 Jun 1997 22:22:46 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <199706120422.WAA18019@obie.softweyr.ml.org> From: Wes Peters To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Patrik_=C5str=F6m?= CC: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A PPP Question In-Reply-To: <44F52736D0CBD011BA6200805FA6FE13BC68@STK_FILE> References: <44F52736D0CBD011BA6200805FA6FE13BC68@STK_FILE> Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk patrik.astrom@tv3.se writes: > Im trying to configure a FreeBSD box as an ppp router. > I have succesfully been able to login to this FreeBSD box using ppp, but > im only able to access that host that im dialing in to and not the hole > network. As Jay Nelson noted, you will need to make your FreeBSD machine into a router by turning on ipforwarding in sysconfig. You'll also need to make sure your FreeBSD is on a public network -- your ISP must forward all packets for the network to your FreeBSD machine, not just packets bound for that machine. You will then need to correctly configure routing for each of the dialup PPP users. If you don't have a pretty good idea of how TCP/IP routing works, you're probably *not* going to figure this out in a few hours. I strongly recommend getting a copy of "TCP/IP Network Administration" from O'Reilly and Associates, reading it from cover to cover, then re-reading the chapter on routing at least twice, before you even start hacking on your configuration. IP routing isn't all that difficult, but if you don't have a firm grasp of the basics, you're just going to make a mess of everything. This is the voice of experience speaking -- my own, and of many others I've watched, helped, and gave up on because they wouldn't listen. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr softweyr@xmission.com