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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!usenet From: robseco@wizard.teksupport.net.au (Rob Secombe) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Not Advertising RIP Date: Fri, 19 Jul 96 11:24:00 EST Organization: Teksupport Pty. Ltd. Lines: 39 Message-ID: <4smo3p$5gj@eplet.mira.net.au> References: <4rkgcj$2hc@eplet.mira.net.au> <4rt1h3$4fl@uriah.heep.sax.de> <4s7fpm$j0t@symiserver2.symantec.com> <4s9s45$ki0@eplet.mira.net.au> <4sapo6$e <pmh.837542445@ardbeg.islay.sub.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: warlock.teksupport.net.au Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.93.9 In article <pmh.837542445@ardbeg.islay.sub.org>, pmh@islay.sub.org says... > >j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) writes: > >>The entire configuration sections looks awfully complex at >>a first glance, but you'll quickly note that you don't need most of >>the options for simple cases like yours. > >For the simpler cases there is a well written chapter on gated in >O'Reilley's "TCP/IP network administration". Since I found this >book an extremely useful reference for a lot of other topics, too, >I can only recommend it. > >Paddy >-- >Patrick M. Hausen Gerwigstr. 11 76131 Karlsruhe pmh@islay.sub.org > "For all the good you do you get paid in heaven > -- for all the bad you pay down here" (Kieran Halpin) Thanks to all of you that replied to my call for help. I finally got it to go. I decided to adopt a "shotgun approach" and hit it with everything I could think of. First I found there was no ifconfig line for the tun0 device in /etc/sysinstall - good reason for it not working, Then fired up GateD with a very simple config (rip yes;) and permitted everthing in in the iijppp filters. In my case rip causing ppp to dial is desirable to keep the link open as this machine hosts mail and web servers. This is **very** rough, but it works. Having somewhat recovered from many long hours and a lot of hair pulling I will sit down calmly and work out what makes it go and not go as the case maybe and work towards a much more elegant solution. Thanks again Rob.