Date: Wed, 05 Nov 1997 23:47:51 +0000 From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> To: "Daniel C. Konnoff" <daniel@mysonusa.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ppp routing problems Message-ID: <199711052347.XAA03906@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 04 Nov 1997 12:00:35 PST." <Pine.SUN.3.96.971104115324.7778E-100000@epsilon>
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> Hello:
>
> We are trying to route our freebsd ppp client to the internet
> through out freebsd ppp server but have problems doing so.
> The ppp server machine (mail) is the mail server for our entire
> comany with a standard ethernet connection to our isp through
> ethernet interface ed0.
>
> Please look at the following diagram:
>
> freebsd machine - tpe ////////////// freebsd machine - mail -> isp
> (ppp client) (ppp link) (ppp server)
>
> The machine tpe and it's clients are able to see the machine mail
> without any problems, but they cannot see the isp (or ping
> anything beyond the mail machine itself). How do we create the
> route from the tun0 interface on machine mail to the ethernet ed0
> interface? We tried starting the ppp server with the -direct flag
> and this did not help. The normal route add commands don't seem to
> work either.
[.....]
Does the ppp server work *without* the -direct flag ? Hmmm.
I suspect the ``mail'' machine hasn't got its gateway option set in
/etc/rc.conf.
> Daniel C. Konnoff
> Myson Technologies
> 20111 Stevens Creek Blvd. #138
> Cupertino, Ca. 95014
>
> daniel@mysonusa.com
> Tele: 408/252-8788
> Fax: 408/252-8789
>
>
>
--
Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>, <brian@FreeBSD.org>, <bri@OpenBSD.org>
<http://www.Awfulhak.org>;
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
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