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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: newbie questions (stuff won't work)
Date: Wed, 02 Apr 1997 21:48:17 -0800
Organization: Walnut Creek CDROM
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Whoops!  I forgot questions #2 and #3..  A bit hasty of me. :-)

Joseph G. Moore wrote:
> problem 2: I want to set up the FreeBSD box to handle forwarding and IP
> aliasing acting as a gateway on my home LAN to my ISP. I got the
> tutorial for doing this, but problems remain.  The tutorial mentions
> the  "-alias" argument for loading "ppp". The version of "ppp" that I
> got doesn't seem to support this. All I get is a "usage" nag when I

It's in 2.2.1, not in 2.1.x.  Perhaps that's the problem?

> problem 3: I was warned about this before I loaded FreeBSD, but I went
> ahead anyway... I've started spending way too much time at the console
> and have every once in a while (like when something actually works)I
> experience outbursts of maniacal laughter. Will this eventually go away?
> or does it just get worse?

It gets worse, often to the point where chronic sufferers undergo the
worst, most horrible stage of all.  They become FreeBSD developers.

-- 
- Jordan Hubbard
  FreeBSD core team / Walnut Creek CDROM.