Re: mgetty for PPP; Need help
> On Wed, 21 May 1997, Jens B. Jorgensen wrote:
> Eugene Sevinian wrote:
> >
> > Ping to linux machine's IP gives reasonable results. The same with
> > w95 pseudo IP address. However ping doesn't see any other machines in LAN.
> > The result is:
> >
> > Request timing out.
> >
> Ok, here's a question. Did you recompile your kernel or anything?
> If you did recompile, did you enable IP forwarding?
You are RIGHT! It was disabled. The reason is - a lack of knowledge :-(
Now I will recompile it and hope it will work.
> I ask because
> it looks like the problem is that packets aren't getting past your
> linux box. Since you can ping the linux side, the link is just
> fine. If you have the same kernel which came with the dist. then
> I *think* it has IP forwarding enabled (I'm not sure about this,
> since I didn't compile that kernel myself). You may be able to
> discover if it's enabled by looking at some /proc/?? file, but I'm
> not too sure. Anyone else have a thought?
>
> --
> Jens B. Jorgensen
> jjorgens@bdsinc.com
>
Eugene Sevinian
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