🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <341DFAF8.4849@geocities.com>, rasauq
<rasauq_no_spam@geocities.com> writes
>Jim Smith wrote:
>> 
>> I am trying to set up an internal network (at home) with access to the
>> internet.  This is more of an exercise for my interest rather than an
>> attempt to do something serious.
>> 
>> I am using two Linux machines connect via plip. One of these machines
>> also has a PPP connection to my ISP. I can successfully connect the two
>> machine using PLIP, and while this connection is up I can access the
>> internet via PPP from the machine with PPP set up.
>
>mind telling me some about plip? like, what kind of a cable are you
>using?
>(ie, pinouts, or is it just a laplink cable?)
A laplink cable is exactly what it is. A great yellow thing. PLIP was
simple to set up. PLIP seemed to be included in the kernel, and I just
followed the PLIP howto.
>
>just a stray thought, but did you include IP_FORWARDING when you
>compiled the kernal of the machine with the ppp connection?

No. I will try that (as advised by several people) when I get time.

-- 
Jim Smith