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From: Gary Jackson <garyj@kzin.dorm.umd.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Local ethernet and PPP
Date: Sun, 26 May 1996 19:55:52 -0400
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
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Stair wrote:
>
> garyj@wam.umd.edu@umd.edu wrote:
> >
> > I have two computers, one using FreeBSD and the other using Win95. Both of
> > them are on a local ethernet. I have assigned the Win95 machine the ip
> > address 10.0.0.3, and the ethernet interface on the FreeBSD machine 10.0.0.2.
> > I want to be able to telnet to the FreeBSD machine from the Win95 machine,
> > and I want to be able to use PPP from the Win95 machine. Is this possible?
> > How do I do it? Thank you for your help.
>
> What do you mean by "using PPP from the Win95 machine?"
>
> If you meant that you want to telnet to the FBSD machine and run
> pppd (or like) on the FBSD machine to connect two computers,
> then there's no need to do that. It is nothing more than wasting
> resources.
>
> If you meant that you want to use the Win95 machine as the
> gateway to the external internet, then there's no way to do that.
> Win95 machine cannot work as an internetworking router, while
> FBSD machine can. Moreover, you must acquire two of "approved"
> IP addresses from the PPP service provider. 10.x.x.x is for
> local network which is never to be connected to the global
> Internet.
I was being unclear. This is what I would like to do:
1. Connect to UMCP via PPP with the FreeBSD box.
2. Be able to use the ethernet between the two machines,
including being able to telnet to the FreeBSD machine,
and then telnet out. NOT using the FreeBSD machine as a
gateway.
I've had trouble trying to get both interfaces to work at the same time.
Would kernel based ppp be better at this?
garyj@wam.umd.edu