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Article #3764Re: SLIP doesnt work
From: Noam H. Arzt
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1992 18:45
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1992 18:45
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In article <1992Oct2.163636.5268@news.lrz-muenchen.de> yoda@next2.cis.uni-muenchen.de (Marc Guenther) writes: > > > If I ping from home to the next at university, the modem dials, > logs into the slip account, and the ping packets are transferred > to the remote host, but none are sent back. The same thiing happens > when I have started a background ping process at the remote host, > the packets are sent to me, but none are sent back to the remote. What you need to do is issue what is called a "proxy arp command" of the syntax: "/usr/etc/arp -s name.of.machine.at.home ethernet:address:of:campus:next pub" So, a real one might look like: /usr/etc/arp -s next.upenn.edu 0:0:f:71:0:73 pub If this works, add it to rc.local at the end. Good luck! -- Mr. Noam Arzt 215/898-3029 (voice) Director, Special Projects 215/898-9348 (FAX) University of Pennsylvania arzt@dccs.upenn.edu Data Communications & Computing Services (NeXTmail is OK) Suite 221A, 3401 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!kithrup!stanford.edu!agate!spool.mu.edu!darwin.sura.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!ub!dsinc!netnews.upenn.edu!dccs.upenn.edu From: arzt@dccs.upenn.edu (Noam H. Arzt) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc Subject: Re: SLIP doesnt work Message-ID: <91728@netnews.upenn.edu> Date: 5 Oct 92 18:45:27 GMT References: <1992Oct2.163636.5268@news.lrz-muenchen.de> Sender: news@netnews.upenn.edu Lines: 26 Nntp-Posting-Host: nextb.dccs.upenn.edu