Debian2.2: routing by ppp/netscape insert,spell

[Geza GYORGYI <gyorgyi@glu.elte.hu>]

PPP/  With kernel 2.2.14 I am unable to set up the office PC as
router by ppp, version 2.3.11-1.4.  I have proxyarp as an option
for the office PC, which has a "1" in
/proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward, the home PC has defaultroute as ppp
option, I give both PC-s the right netmask 255.255.255.128 for our
subnet, and /etc/resolv.conf is in order.  However, when ppp comes
up, it has the wrong netmask (ending by 255) and NOARP on both
PC-s.  Ifconfig outputs for the server-to-be:

ppp0      Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
          inet addr:157.181.170.36  P-t-P:157.181.170.7
Mask:255.255.255.255
          UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST  MTU:552
Metric:1
          RX packets:34 errors:2 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:2
          TX packets:32 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:10

and for the client:

ppp0      Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
          inet addr:157.181.170.7  P-t-P:157.181.170.36
Mask:255.255.255.255
          UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST  MTU:552
Metric:1
          RX packets:24 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:25 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:10

Can anyone kindly give an idea about why the netmask keeps to be
incorrect and the office PC unwilling to do the routing?  With
kernel 2.0.34 the ppp worked properly.

Netscape/  (a) Is there a menu item for inserting a text file into
the main text in the composer?  I can sometimes paste a file by
mouse from another X window, but not always.  This is because if
something was "cut" in the netscape editor recently then a "copy"
by the mouse in another X window may or may not supersede it.  (b)
The spellchecker vanished when dselect automagically upgraded
netscape from version 4.72 to 4.73.  Is there a way to recover it?

Would be grateful even for hints,

Geza Gyorgyi

Eotvos University, Budapest, Pf. 32, 1518 HUNGARY, E-mail:
gyorgyi@glu.elte.hu