It is rather intersting but I simply changed the com port and put on a faster modem and it started working.
On Mon, 28 Apr 1997, Jens B. Jorgensen wrote: > LinuxBOX wrote: > > > > I would prefer to avoid a firewall. Infact that is why we have chosen a > > lynix box. We had a firewall solution before, but we anted to hook it up > > so that it will work as a notmal dialup conetion. > > > > On Fri, 25 Apr 1997, Jens B. Jorgensen wrote: > > > > > LinuxBOX wrote: > > > > > > > > I recently configured my linux box to act as a Dialup PPP Server. > > > > However > > > > I can only see the linux box itself. THe Linux box has an ethernet > > > > conection to the internet and I would realy like to be able to acces the > > > > rest of the net with the dialup ppp sesion. Could anyone tell me what I > > > > failed to do? > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > > > Well, if you have an IP for dialin which is on the same subnet (the net > > > on > > > your ethernet) as the Linux box, all you need is the 'proxyarp' option > > > to pppd. If you can't use an IP on this subnet, further discussion will > > > be necessary but let's defer that until necessary. > > > > > > -- > > > Jens B. Jorgensen > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > Yup, proxyarp is what you want. Just put 'proxyarp' in your options > file or on the pppd command line. All that's required is that the > IP assigned to the remote end of the dial-up link (not the one with > the ethernet) is withing the subnet which the ethernet is on. > > -- > Jens B. Jorgensen > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
