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Re: Dialing in

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From: Tom Bird
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 00:00
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In article <DFAUzAAAPyr4EwAV@btinternet.com>, Tom Bird
<hamster@nospam.demon.co.uk> writes
>In article <950968292.7903.0.nnrp-13.9e98d142@news.demon.co.uk>, Ian
>Stirling <Inquisitor@I.am> writes
>>Tom Bird <hamster@nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>>In article <950552342.15352.0.nnrp-11.9e98d142@news.demon.co.uk>, Ian
>>>Stirling <Inquisitor@I.am> writes
>>>>Tom Bird <hamster@nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>>I have a problem.  I have a mate who is too far away to sling a network
>><snip>
>>
>>I forgot to mention, if you are talking about you being the PPP server,
>>then it can be simpler.
>>
>>echo 1 >/proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
>[snip]
>
>Got it pegged.  Requires route add [dialup] [gateway] manually on the
>Windows command prompt (it seems to ignore the fact that the Linux box
>is set as the default gateway) but requires no routes to be added to the
>dialing in machine except to have the Linux one as the default gateway.

Further to that, I found that the Windoze box was ignoring the default
router since I use DHCP to configure my network.  Adding "option routers
= 192.168.0.2" to dhcpd.conf sorted that.

TB               Busby the Cat 1984 - 22.9.1999
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From: Tom Bird <hamster@nospam.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Dialing in
Date: 2000/02/20
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