Re: PPP Dialup
It is rather intersting but I simply changed the com port and put on a
faster modem and it started working.
On Mon, 28 Apr 1997, Jens B. Jorgensen wrote:
> LinuxBOX wrote:
> >
> > I would prefer to avoid a firewall. Infact that is why we have chosen a
> > lynix box. We had a firewall solution before, but we anted to hook it up
> > so that it will work as a notmal dialup conetion.
> >
> > On Fri, 25 Apr 1997, Jens B. Jorgensen wrote:
> >
> > > LinuxBOX wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I recently configured my linux box to act as a Dialup PPP Server. However
> > > > I can only see the linux box itself. THe Linux box has an ethernet
> > > > conection to the internet and I would realy like to be able to acces the
> > > > rest of the net with the dialup ppp sesion. Could anyone tell me what I
> > > > failed to do?
> > > > Thanks
> > > >
> > >
> > > Well, if you have an IP for dialin which is on the same subnet (the net
> > > on
> > > your ethernet) as the Linux box, all you need is the 'proxyarp' option
> > > to pppd. If you can't use an IP on this subnet, further discussion will
> > > be necessary but let's defer that until necessary.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Jens B. Jorgensen
> > > jjorgens@bdsinc.com
> > >
> >
>
> Yup, proxyarp is what you want. Just put 'proxyarp' in your options
> file or on the pppd command line. All that's required is that the
> IP assigned to the remote end of the dial-up link (not the one with
> the ethernet) is withing the subnet which the ethernet is on.
>
> --
> Jens B. Jorgensen
> jjorgens@bdsinc.com
>
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