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Subject: Re: one more time -networks 
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> 
> Hi gang,
> 
> First I would like to thank all who have provided help in the past.
> 
> I have a small lan, Freebsd and 1 win95. I want the Bsd box to dial out, I
> hav been successful in this, and act as a router for the Win95 box. I have 
> 2.2.1. As far as I can see, I have all the correct inofrmation in
> /etc/sysconfig. I can ping the Win95 machine. I can telnet to the Bsd box.
> So it would appear to me theat the LAN aspect is correct. I run into
> trouble PPPing from the Bsd box. The connection is set up correctly. I can
> ping the device I dial into, but can not get past it. FreeBSD's gateway is
> set as the primary router on our system, and I get nothing. Any help?
> Thanks

What are you using to dial out ?  ppp or pppd ?
What does "netstat -rn" say ?  Do you have a default route pointing 
at your ISPs end of the connection ?
Do you have packet forwarding switched on in /etc/rc.conf ?

> David Roehsler
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