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#! rnews 1670 bsd Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!vic.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!imci3!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.isi.net!admin@isi.net From: Scott Santana <scott@isi.net> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: PPP and BSDI 2.01 Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 14:56:40 -0700 Organization: Internet Systems, Inc. Lines: 28 Message-ID: <317D5218.5608@isi.net> References: <3178F8B5.6A6B@spider.compart.fi> NNTP-Posting-Host: scooter.isi.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.01 (Win95; I) Anders Lindh wrote: > > Hi! > > I've tried to set up PPP under bsdi 2.01 without success. PPP starts without any > problems and all setups should be correct. I've tried to use the PPP connection > under Windows and Linux, but i can only connect to the local network. Anything > else leaves Netscape in "Host contacted, Waiting for reply" state. It seems > like the tcp/ip packets can't find their way back, so what's the solution ? routed > ? gated ? > > TIA > > -- > Anders Lindh <anders@spider.compart.fi> (__) > Helsinki, Finland (**) > homepage: http://www.compart.fi/anders/ /-------\/ > / | || > * ||----|| > ^^ ^^ Make sure that you've compiled your kernel with.... options GATEWAY in your config file. The computer must gateway the modem, at least that's what happens with SLIP. Good luck, Scott