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From: Graham Weeks <Graham_Weeks@nt.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.admin
Subject: Re: another ethernet to ppp routing problem (different subnets)
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 1996 09:04:59 +0100
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Mikhail Teterin wrote:
>
> Speaking about FreeBSD-2.2 June snapshot, Irix-5.3.
>
> I tried. I searched through the mailing archive and through the
> helpbook. And through the FAQ. No.
>
> No, I'd like to avoid SOCKS{4|5} if possible (what happened to port in
> -current, BTW?).
> Yes, I do have the ip.forwarding set to 1 (on FreeBSD).
> Yes, routed is running without flags (tried with -s too) (on FreeBSD).
> Yes, the FreeBSD machine can see both networks -- entire world
> through the ppp-link (199.232.254.68 -- stable IP address) and the
> LAN through the ethernet card (222.222.222.22, yes, I will change
> this later to smth reserved for local later).
>
> Yes, all the machines on the lan can see the 222.222.222.22 interface
> and have it as a default gateway.
>
> My primary test machine is an IRIX box, which will not allow the
> default to be set to anything no directly reachable.
>
> `traceroute -n 199.232.254.68' shows 199.232.254.68 in the first line.
> `traceroute -n my.ppp.peer.address' on SGI shows and 222.222.222.22
> right away, then -- a bunch of `* * *'...
>
> Anything else to set on the FreeBSD box? Other clients are NTs --
> even less cooperative then Irix. Ideas? Thanks!
>
> -mi
> --
> "Windows for dummies"
My guess here is that your ppp peer does not know that 222.222.222.0
network is behind 199.232.254.68. That is the ppp peer does not know
how to route to 222.222.222.0. Probably not suprising is 222.222.222.0
is an unregistered address (or registered to somebody else) and the
ppp peer is an ISP.
Graham