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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!demos!news.glas.apc.org!cuckoo.glas.apc.org!vlad From: vlad@cuckoo.glas.apc.org (Vlad D. Nebolsin) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: User PPP works, now, how to make a gateway. Date: 7 Feb 1996 06:26:42 GMT Organization: GlasNet Lines: 27 Message-ID: <4f9gn2$he2@bird.glas.apc.org> References: <mitch4DLpMK7.9n2@netcom.com> <4ee5la$np9@uriah.heep.sax.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: cuckoo.glas.apc.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=koi8r Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] J Wunsch (j@uriah.heep.sax.de) wrote: : >> options GATEWAY : >> options IPFIREWALL : >> options IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE : >> options IPACCT : >> : >> What do I do next? : >Unset all those options again -- you don't need them. : >The only thing that has an affect for your desire is `GATEWAY', but : >it's obsoleted by the command ``sysctl -w net.inet.ip.forwarding=1'', : >for a 2.1R system easily achieved by setting the `gateway' variable in : >/etc/sysconfig to "YES". : >Well, but you failed to describe us your exact problem anyway. Well, I have the same question. I have set the variable in /etc/sysconfig to "YES", but what's next? All machines in my local network can see only each other and FreeBSD box, but they are cannot connect with any machines outside the FreeBSD box via ppp connection... (gateway, netmask, ip addressing are correct). What I'm doing wrong? Sincerely, Vlad.