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From: jack david ross <jdross@indiana.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: pppd almost up!
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 1995 13:16:33 -0500
Organization: Indiana University, Bloomington
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If anyone out there would be willing to look at my system to see if they 
can fix it, feel free! (the username is explore)
telnet to ppp.sjcpl.lib.in.us
I have tried almost everything.
-jack ross


On 7 Jul 1995, Dave Hovemeyer wrote:

> jack david ross (jdross@indiana.edu) wrote:
> : hello all,
> :         I set up pppd, but I have one problem, when I assign an ip
> : address to the remote host it recieves it and all it can do is telnet to
> : just the server no other machines, and the network does not recognize it
> : on the network. I'm I missing an option some where, I  have tried maybe
> : 25 combinations of ip address in the options file, is there something
> : more on another network file?
> : -jack ross
> : jdross@freenet.sjcpl.lib.in.us
> 
> The ppp-only machine should have the ppp interface be the default route:
> pppd's `default' option.  The machine connected to the network
> should advertize its hardware address as the ppp-only machine's IP
> address: pppd's `proxyarp' option.
> 
> Make sure that the ppp-only machine's ppp interface has a valid
> IP address and hostname and you should be all set.
> 
> Dave
> 
>