From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 4 10:01:57 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id KAA11531 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 4 Jan 1998 10:01:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id KAA11526 for ; Sun, 4 Jan 1998 10:01:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brian@awfulhak.org) Received: from awfulhak.demon.co.uk (awfulhak.demon.co.uk [158.152.17.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.6/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA04239 for ; Sun, 4 Jan 1998 09:56:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from gate.lan.awfulhak.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by awfulhak.demon.co.uk (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id OAA04517; Sun, 4 Jan 1998 14:41:13 GMT (envelope-from brian@gate.lan.awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199801041441.OAA04517@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.1 12/23/97 To: Robert Clark cc: Brian Somers , Stan Brown , Free BSD Questions list Subject: Re: Dialing inot my network with FreeBSD laptop. In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 03 Jan 1998 14:15:19 PST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 04 Jan 1998 14:41:12 +0000 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > Would another correct approach be to use an address on the home network > for the ppp interface, and use the proxyarp functionality? > > [RC] [.....] Yep, that's what he was doing. The proxy arp stuff doesn't work on the gateway machine (not a FreeBSD box) - that was the problem. -- Brian , , Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....