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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!howland.erols.net!news.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.mathworks.com!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.intrex.net!news From: Seema Varma Srivastava <seema@intrex.net> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: ppp through telnet. Date: Sat, 30 Nov 1996 20:18:08 -0500 Organization: Intrex Inc. Lines: 54 Message-ID: <32A0DCD0.3614@intrex.net> References: <01bbdeca$cab46280$1d9f09ce@win95.soncom.com> <32A01A7C.B13@www.play-hookey.com> <01bbdef9$22947c00$1d9f09ce@win95.soncom.com> Reply-To: seema@intrex.net NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp6.rtp.intrex.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (Win95; I) To: Patrick Sonnek <psonnek@soncom.com> Patrick Sonnek wrote: > > Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com> wrote in article > <32A01A7C.B13@www.play-hookey.com>... > > Patrick Sonnek wrote: > > > > > > I have a dumb question. > > > > > > is it possible for a user to logon on to a shell account from a PC, > telnet > > > from that machine to my machine, and then to bring up ppp? > > > > > > i.e. > > > 168.9.49.1 206.9.159.17 > > > ____ phone line ________ the net ________ > > > | PC |--------------------------| host |===============| ME | > > > |____| |_______| |_______| > > > 206.9.159.20 <-----------------------------PPP------------------> > > Dorm Room in College host (no PPP) My host > Illinois in Illinois In Minnesota > > > > > > > will this work?, and how could I do it. > > > > You definitely have me confused on this one. If you already have a link > > to your machine, why do you need another one? > > > > Even assuming the need, to have your home machine dial up your (I > > assume) local machine while your local machine is logged into an ISP, > > you would need a second phone line and a second modem in your local > > machine, so you could complete the PPP connection before logging off the > > ISP. > > > > Wouldn't it be simpler all around to let your home machine accept > > incoming PPP access, and then dial it up directly? > > See the location's I've added above. The link isn't for me, it's for one > of my customers, > who is going to college in Illinois next quarter, to get ppp access to my > machine without > having to make a long distance phone call. I asked them if they couldn't > do everything from > the college computer, but all they have access to there, is a shell > account. > > Personally, I don't think what I'm asking can be done, but I thought I > would run it past > you experts. There is some software which can run on shell accounts that can give you a slip over a telenet shell. On which can run some limited utilities. I will find the web page for that software and post it.