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From: robert@nanguo.chalmers.com.au (Robert Chalmers)
Subject: Is there a PPP manual ?
Organization: China House.
Date: Tue, 6 Aug 1996 08:43:24 GMT
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No, I don't mean the man pages. I mean a definitive, clear
set of instructions for implementing PPPD. 

It seems that FreeBSD can be used as a gateway, from a network to
the internet, via an ISP. Trouble is figuring out how to do that.

On a standard PC, ie; 2 com ports, how does one do the following :-

1.	Setup com2 for dial out at 38K

2.	Set up PPPD to dial up the ISP and stay connected, re-connecting
		if there is a down. Based on a permanent connection.

3.	Route traffic from the network to which it is attached
		by Ethernet, out to the Internet, and pickup
		traffic from the Internet for the internal
		network. Not acting as a DNS server, just a router?

Is this possible with FreeBSD?

bob
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