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To: Antonio Bemfica <bemfica@militzer.me.tuns.ca>
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Subject: Re: FreeBSD box as a router using ppp 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 10 Sep 1997 22:28:19 -0300."
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From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org>
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> I have a FreeBSD box at home which connects via user ppp to the net. It
> all works fine, I can reach and be reached. I use a fixed IP for dialing
> out.
> 
> I also have a Win95 machine at home, and I would like to have it use the
> FreeBSD box to access the net. I got network cards for both PC's and they
> can ping eachother, I can telnet to the Unix side from the Windows PC.
> 
> I understand that I have to set gateway_enable="YES" on the FreeBSD side,
> and also set:
> 
> ifconfig_ed1="inet A.B.C.D  netmask 255.255.255.0"
> ifconfig_lo0="inet 127.0.0.1"   
> ifconfig_tun0="inet X.Y.W.Z  X.Y.W.1 netmask 0xffffff00"

Read the handbook.  It explains why your ifconfig_tun0 line is bogus.
You can get at all the ppp docs from http://www.awfulhak.org/ppp.html.

> On the Windows side I would set the IP to A.B.C.E and set the Gateway to
> be the IP I assigned for ed1, A.B.C.D - the problem is I don't have two IP
> addresses on a different network. I read the FAQ and the handbook but
> couldn't figure how to do it. Any help would be appreciated.

Use 10.0.0 as A.B.C.  Check /etc/hosts for the IPs that are reserved 
for internal use.

> Antonio
> -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Antonio Bemfica, DalTech, Dalhousie U.	|  Hay épocas hechas para diezmar los
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> 
> 

-- 
Brian <brian@awfulhak.org>, <brian@freebsd.org>
      <http://www.awfulhak.org>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....