Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 15:20:43 +0000 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: Paul <paul@dove.net.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ppp routing problem Message-ID: <199810261520.PAA02716@woof.lan.awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 23 Oct 1998 11:02:39 %2B0930." <362FDCB7.471B4ABA@dove.net.au>
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> Hi,
>
> I am not sure whether this is the correct address to send my problem to.
>
> I have just installed FreeBSD 2.2.6 on a clients PC and everything
> appears to be working ok except for the dialup side of things. The
> client is an ISP. They have 2 pc's on the local network which have no
> problems sending data out of the network. The problems occur when any a
> user dials in. We are running Mgetty 1.1.6 with AutoPPP enabled. The
> clients get authenticated successfully and get an IP address assigned to
> them upon logging in. They are able to retreive data off the local
> network but unlike the networked PC's are unable to get out.
>
> Could you please tell me what I have missed. This is very frustrating..
Your clients default router probably doesn't know how to route back
to the ppp peer.
Normally, this is resolved by having ppp assign IP numbers from the
LAN and using ``enable proxy'' in ppp.conf.
Make sure the ppp machine has IP forwarding switched on too.
> Regards,
>
> Paul Thornton.
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