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Date:      Thu, 24 Apr 1997 12:03:56 +1000 (EST)
From:      "Daniel O'Callaghan" <danny@panda.hilink.com.au>
To:        Lee Crites <leec@adonai.net>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: netscape via pppd cannot seem to get name service
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.970424120157.10264X-100000@panda.hilink.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <335EB44B.447D@adonai.net>

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On Wed, 23 Apr 1997, Lee Crites wrote:

> I am just now starting to get people who are dialing in using things
> like netscape to browse the internet.  They are dialing in to my system
> from modems (what else, right?), attached to my digiboard, connecting
> via pppd, with a ttys entry line:
>   ttyD00 "/usr/sbin/pppd -detach 11520" unknown on secure
> 
> What am I missing?  What magical switch do I have to throw so netscape
> can see outside name service?

Proxyarp springs to mind.  What is the structure of your network.  Did 
you subnet properly or are you trying to pretend your dialups are on the 
local ethernet?

I do mention proxy arp in my pppkit at 
ftp.hilink.com.au:/pub/FreeBSD/pppkit.tgz

Danny



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