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From: robseco@wizard.teksupport.net.au (Rob Secombe)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Routing problem for ppp dialin
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 96 23:16:06 EST
Organization: Teksupport Internet Access
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In article <4ssffr$r06@masala.cc.uh.edu>, st568@Bayou.UH.EDU says...
>
>Hi,
>
>    I have a host running BSD 2.1 on a LAN. The host can access internet
>through the router on the LAN. The host is also configured as a ppp 
>server. I can dialin to the ppp server. And I can ping the machines from
>both directions on the two sides of the phone line. But the ppp client
>can't ping the router on the LAN and so can't access internet. Does any
>one know what's wrong? Thanks for any suggestion in advance.
>
>Regards,
>James
>
>--
>
Do you have "gateway=YES" set in /etc/sysconfig to enable ip forwarding?


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