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Date:      Mon, 16 Nov 1998 16:27:19 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Root <root@to231.cyberion.ca>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ppp -alias question
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.03.9811161625140.17775-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981115134307.413A-100000@to231>

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On Sun, 15 Nov 1998, Root wrote:

> I've just set up a 2.2.7 box to act as a gateway using ppp -alias, using
> exactly the same config file as the computer's twin.  For the most part,
> web access works quite well, with the exception of some websites.  Sites
> like excite or netscape come up fine, whereas sites like mapquest or
> elecomm.net give me the message in the browser window of "Site contacted,
> waiting for reply", but I never get any info from the server.  Those same
> sites when accessed from the gateway machine in lynx come up normally.
> I've tried different permutations of unregistered_only, use_sockets, and
> the other alias options for ppp, to no avail.  I've even shut off
> firewalling in the kernel, and it's the same thing.

It depends if they're trying to do something silly.  I just checked
mapquest.com and don't notice anything out of the ordinary.

Doug White                               
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
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