From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jun 3 00:37:47 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA17598 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 3 Jun 1998 00:37:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA17585 for ; Wed, 3 Jun 1998 00:37:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id AAA22836; Wed, 3 Jun 1998 00:37:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Wed, 3 Jun 1998 00:37:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: "Jeffrey M. Metcalf" cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Q: Does PPP support Virtual Networks? In-Reply-To: <357413F0.4D0A63DF@snet.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 2 Jun 1998, Jeffrey M. Metcalf wrote: > Is the FreeBSD PPP subsystem capable of hosting virtual networks, > like Microsoft's VPN? I am able to make a connection to my > employer's network (a long distance phone call) by calling > my local ISP's network, connecting, and then using a VPN dialup > to attach to my employer's network. All this works under Windoze95. > Is there a way I can set that up with FreeBSD's PPP? If I understand how this works right, ppp just provides the link layer. You can tunnel whatever you want over the IP connection. Of course this tunnelling is up to you -- a freebsd tunnel has a snowball's chance in heck to connect to an MS one. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message