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Date:        Fri, 11 Aug 2000 21:12:43 +0200
From:      Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se>
To:        Zhihui Zhang <zzhang@cs.binghamton.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: sharing a single PPP line
Message-ID:  <20000811211243.A4816@student.uu.se>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.4.21.0008111306260.6211-100000@sol.cs.binghamton.edu>; from zzhang@cs.binghamton.edu on Fri, Aug 11, 2000 at 02:41:40PM -0400
References:  <Pine.SOL.4.21.0008111306260.6211-100000@sol.cs.binghamton.edu>

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On Fri, Aug 11, 2000 at 02:41:40PM -0400, Zhihui Zhang 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.
> 

No problem. Just make sure you have

gateway_enable="YES"

in your /etc/rc.conf and things should work fine.
(And make sure that the default gateway of B is set to A's IP.)


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Erik Trulsson
ertr1013@student.uu.se



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