From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Aug 11 12:12:10 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from chi1.nucleusconsulting.com (chi1.nucleusconsulting.com [207.250.168.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A99EE37B683 for ; Fri, 11 Aug 2000 12:12:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from parrothd@midwest.net) Received: from zippy2 (bsw001-ch14a12-11.arcommunications.net [64.16.214.140]) by chi1.nucleusconsulting.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2650.21) id N91XQBQZ; Fri, 11 Aug 2000 14:06:34 -0500 Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.20000811140119.00b78490@midwest.net> X-Sender: parrothd@midwest.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 14:01:19 -0500 To: Zhihui Zhang , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: "Jonathan E. Lyons" Subject: Re: sharing a single PPP line In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Add the -nat option to ppp, and add gateway_enable="YES" in rc.conf, and add an entry in resolv.conf and set the default route to Box A on box B.. :) At 02:41 PM 8/11/00 -0400, you wrote: > >I have configured a user PPP according to instructions on page 480 of Grey >Lehey's book. I have another freebsd box. The two are connected via a >parallel cable running IP over it. Can I share the same PPP line among two >machines? If so, how? > > ------ Parallel Cable ----- PPP > | B | -------------------| A | ------ > ----- ----- > >As shown above, A can go to net via PPP. A and B are connected. Can B >share the PPP with A? I want to run netscape and telnet on B as well. Jonathan E. Lyons FreeBSD, MCSE, A+, CCNA www.parrothd.com ICQ # 14226912 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message