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#! rnews 1511 bsd Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!cancer.vividnet.com!hunter.premier.net!news-res.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!scanner.worldgate.com!news.agtac.net!news.planet.eon.net!news From: "Bill Fahey" <bill@tic.ab.ca> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: dialup router Date: 28 Aug 1996 21:58:06 GMT Organization: Smith & Jones Lines: 22 Message-ID: <01bb9534$72931360$47dca1c6@brmt1e.tic.ab.ca> References: <32225EAE.41C67EA6@wcubed.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: brmt1d.tic.ab.ca Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Newsreader: Microsoft Internet News 4.70.1155 Brad Waite <brad@wcubed.net> wrote in article <32225EAE.41C67EA6@wcubed.net>... > I've been trying to find an answer for this for about 6 months to no > avail. How does one set up a FreeBSD machine to be a gateway to the > 'net via a ppp (tun) connection? The document mentioned in the FAQ > describes a ppp SERVER, not a ppp client. Thanks in advance for any > help. > -- > µ > I have set up a couple of systems like this using the user ppp program. All you need to do is set up an entry for the ISP in the ppp.conf file and then run the ppp program using the -auto option. Works like a charm. I believe there is pretty good documentation on this in the user ppp man page. Email me if you need any details. Bill Fahey bill@tic.ab.ca