Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 13:48:58 +0300 From: "Andy V. Oleynik" <andyo@prime.net.ua> To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: how does ppp's routing work? Message-ID: <3770BB99.F760FCD9@prime.net.ua> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9906221221510.99084-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
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Doug White wrote: > On Tue, 22 Jun 1999, notme wrote: > > > I have just set my FreeBSD box so that it dials > > to my ISP on demand. I currently have 2 Win* > > computers connected to the FreeBSD box, like > > the following: > > > > > > ISP <-----phoneline---> FreeBSD > > _____|_____ > > | | > > Win #1 Win #2 > > > > I was able to use ICQ and such, but I am just wondering, > > how does this ppp -auto -alias demand work? Both of > > the machines shares the same IP, (the IP of which FreeBSD > > gets from my ISP) and both of my machines could see > > each other on ICQ (which requires unique IPs) and play > > online network games. > > You can't use ICQ behind a NAT firewall due to ICQ's totally twisted > protocol. If you install socks5, though, you can tell ICQ to use the > socks5 proxy instead and it'll work fine. > > Every machine on a network should have unique IPs. I'm surprised the > Windows machines didn't cry foul when they saw one another. He sais about FreeBSD's IP that it gets from ISP > > > 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 -- WBW Andy V. Oleynik (When U work in virtual office U have good chance to obtain virtual money ö%-) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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