Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 21:51:58 -0500 (CDT) From: "Mike K." <flaq@synwork.com> To: Anil John <ajohn@cyberforge.com> Cc: Wes Side Story <wdorale@rs1.mtmc.edu>, "'Charlie ROOT'" <root@andrsn.stanford.edu>, "questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, "'Khetan Gajjar'" <khetan@iafrica.com> Subject: RE: user PPP server problem Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960725214929.1133A-100000@synwork.com> In-Reply-To: <01BB7A72.E99A8920@ppp84.bcpl.lib.md.us>
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> You kind of lost me here... The network card in my FreeBSD box has the IP
> address of 192.168.0.1 (set using ifconfig_ed0 in syconfig). The Win 95
> box has an IP address of 192.168.0.2. The IP address of the FreeBSD box is
> assigned when I log onto the internet. Could this be the problem? Do I
> need a static IP for this to work?
>
> Any help at all would be appreciated, or at least a pointer to a FAQ...
>
> Anil
>
>
I didn't think you could use 192.168.0.* without using a proxy server. My
understanding was that this is a private or reserved block of IP's. I
don't think there is any routing setup anywhere on the public side of the
internet to get the packets back to your box.
Mike
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