From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Aug 1 5:35:22 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from awfulhak.org (dynamic-50.max1-du-ws.dialnetwork.pavilion.co.uk [212.74.8.50]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD9A815053 for ; Sun, 1 Aug 1999 05:35:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from keep.lan.Awfulhak.org (root@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org [172.16.0.8]) by awfulhak.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA09397; Sat, 31 Jul 1999 10:11:26 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from brian@lan.awfulhak.org) Received: from keep.lan.Awfulhak.org (brian@localhost.lan.Awfulhak.org [127.0.0.1]) by keep.lan.Awfulhak.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA01373; Sat, 31 Jul 1999 10:12:17 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from brian@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199907310912.KAA01373@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Ford Prefect Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ppp -auto -alias In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 30 Jul 1999 16:29:07 CDT." <3.0.3.32.19990730162907.00ed2b20@pop.interaccess.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 10:12:17 +0100 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Put your hostname in /etc/hosts and make sure /etc/host.conf is correct ? Have you read http://www.FreeBSD.org/FAQ/userppp.html ? > I have a machine configured as a gateway between my network and my isp. I'm > using ppp -auto -alias myisp in my rc.local to connect. outbound > connections work great, but when I try to connect to the gateway machine > itself, it dials out before connecting. I've tried using a dial filter to > deny local machines connecting local machines but it didn't work. (probably > more likley my filter than it not working) > > any idea on how to stop this? > > -Steve > > +-----------------------------------------------------+ > | If we knew what we were doing, | > | it wouldn't be research. | > | | > | Steve Kacsmark stevek@guide.chi.il.us | > +-----------------------------------------------------+ -- Brian Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message