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Date:      Fri, 26 Jul 1996 18:35:24 -0400
From:      Anil John <ajohn@cyberforge.com>
To:        "'Annelise Anderson'" <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu>
Cc:        "questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: user PPP server problem
Message-ID:  <01BB7B21.367B2D40@ppp135.bcpl.lib.md.us>

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Annelise Anderson[SMTP:andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu] wrote:
   >Oh, I see.  Haven't done anything like that myself.  However, I have used
   >Win95 to dial Stanford, which assigns dynamic IP addresses...Win95 does
   >this quite easily, and without any script or the scripting tool if you're
   >willing to type in your username and password every time.  Or don't you
   >have a modem on the Win95 box?  
   >> 
Yes I do have a modem on the Win95 box and I have no problems using to to access the internet.

   >But it seems to me you're talking about dialing an ISP from one machine
   >(running FreeBSD) and expecting another machine (running Win95) connected
   >to it via ethernet to be able to use the connection to the ISP to browse,
   >telnet, ping, etc. the outside world.  I don't even know if this is
   >possible.     

Exactly... Hey, what can I say..Having two network capable computers at home just begs to have an in home network :)

Anil




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