From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 16 16:45:31 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA16147 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 16 Nov 1998 16:45:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA16134 for ; Mon, 16 Nov 1998 16:45:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA15688; Mon, 16 Nov 1998 16:27:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 16:27:19 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White To: Root cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ppp -alias question In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 15 Nov 1998, Root wrote: > I've just set up a 2.2.7 box to act as a gateway using ppp -alias, using > exactly the same config file as the computer's twin. For the most part, > web access works quite well, with the exception of some websites. Sites > like excite or netscape come up fine, whereas sites like mapquest or > elecomm.net give me the message in the browser window of "Site contacted, > waiting for reply", but I never get any info from the server. Those same > sites when accessed from the gateway machine in lynx come up normally. > I've tried different permutations of unregistered_only, use_sockets, and > the other alias options for ppp, to no avail. I've even shut off > firewalling in the kernel, and it's the same thing. It depends if they're trying to do something silly. I just checked mapquest.com and don't notice anything out of the ordinary. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message