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From: tushar@ecpi.com (Tushar Patel)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Slip: Can't getout on the net
Date: 4 Oct 1995 20:18:11 GMT
Organization: Real/Time Communications - Bob Gustwick and Associates
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Please Help me.
>>I have set up a SLIP account on the server and I can dial into it OK
>>using chameleon for windows software. The problem is that I can only
>>access the server and I cant access any other machine outside of it,
I have the same problem.
>
>That's because:
>
>A) You haven't set the slip server as a gateway. You need to type
> `sysctl -w net.inet.ip.forwarding=1' to enable that functionality
> (as root) on the server.
>
>B) You haven't set the slip server to be the client's default gateway.
> Check your windows software - there should be a field for this.
>
>
>--
> Jordan
I did both the suggestion mentioned in the above mail. I did the following
in my slip.loging file.
/sbin/ifconfig sl${slipunit} inet $localaddr $remoteaddr netmask $netmask up
route add default $remoteaddr
I am not able to ping the $remoteaddr.
Slip sever is not running the name server. Do I really need to run this?
Currently I am running the name server provided by my ISP.
So, in my window's trumpet winsock , in the dns entry I specify ip address
of the ISP's name server. Is this correct?
Do I have to really compile the kernerl with the "options GATEWAY"?
I went through archive of this news group and implemented the above mentioned
suggestions. I went through the TCP/IP book by O'riely(sic).
Still I have the same problem.
Part of my /etc/netstart look's like this:
routedflags=-q
#timedflags=-M
xntpdflags="NO"
ntpdate="NO"
rwhod=YES
sendmail_flags="-bd -q30m"
amdflags="NO"
nfs_server=NO
name_server=NO
savecore=NO
#kerberos_server=YES
#gated=YES
Can somebody please help me?