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Date:      Thu, 11 Sep 1997 16:30:10 -0500
From:      "Jonathan E. Lyons" <parrothd@midwest.net>
To:        Antonio Bemfica <bemfica@militzer.me.tuns.ca>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD box as a router using ppp
Message-ID:  <3.0.3.32.19970911163010.006bf830@midwest.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970910214202.27475A-100000@militzer.me.tuns. ca>

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Check out http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/ppp/ppp.html it has all the info
you need.



At 10:28 PM 9/10/97 -0300, Antonio Bemfica wrote:
>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"
>
>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.
>
>Antonio
>-- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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>
>
>
>



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