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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!news.nsw.CSIRO.AU!mel.dit.csiro.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.sdsmt.edu!nntp.uac.net!news.tufts.edu!blanket.mitre.org!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news1.erols.com!newsmaster@erols.com From: Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Local ethernet and PPP Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 18:41:05 -0700 Organization: Erols Internet Services Lines: 37 Message-ID: <31AE4E31.72D2@www.play-hookey.com> References: <4o7eg6$739@hecate.umd.edu> <31A8EF88.3BC9@kzin.dorm.umd.edu> <4ocrmq$bko@uriah.heep.sax.de> <31AB78B3.3D98@www.play-hookey.com> <4oim76$4sb@cronkite.cisco.com> Reply-To: kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com NNTP-Posting-Host: kenjb05.play-hookey.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b4 (Win16; I) Tim Iverson wrote: > > In article <31AB78B3.3D98@www.play-hookey.com>, > Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com> wrote: > |J Wunsch wrote: > |> Gary Jackson <garyj@kzin.dorm.umd.edu> wrote: > |> > 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 > |> > |> > 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? > | > |Hold on there! My daughter has been going to UMCP for two years. The > |dorms are wired for direct Network connections via 10-Base-T (RJ-45) > > He may not be in the dorms. Anyway, I've found that the way to debug a PPP > connection is to disable all the optional features, and then enable them one > at a time. I discovered that enabling lqr and/or predictor-1 compression > with iijppp was a good way to foul a connection. With that URL, he *is* in a dorm. He can call his machine anything he wants (kzin in this case), but that ".dorm.umd.edu" part has a *very* specific meaning. If he is home for the summer, he can either use a terminal program to dial into wam.umd.edu, or else he can use a local ISP connection and telnet in. However, he cannot use the URL listed above for him from anywhere except his own connection in his assigned dorm room. Sorry if I'm raining on your parade, anyone, but that URL will translate to a specific and unique IP address, which will be on the University of Maryland network. He can't move it somewhere else, and he can't use his UMD IP address through any other ISP. Ken