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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Local ethernet and PPP
Date: 27 May 1996 18:19:06 GMT
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Gary Jackson <garyj@kzin.dorm.umd.edu> wrote:

> I was being unclear.  This is what I would like to do:
> 
> 1.  Connect to UMCP via PPP with the FreeBSD box.
> 2.  Be able to use the ethernet between the two machines,
>     including being able to telnet to the FreeBSD machine,
>     and then telnet out.  NOT using the FreeBSD machine as a
>     gateway.

This is supposed to work.

> I've had trouble trying to get both interfaces to work at the same time.
> Would kernel based ppp be better at this?

Well, what are your problems?

-- 
cheers, J"org

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