Dear Managers:
I am trying to set up our Alpha as a PPP server for connection from a PC
(running win95 or Linux). The Alpha sits on the Internet via our local
office network, and runs Digital Unix 4.0B. I followed the instructions in
the man page "ppp_manual_setup" and I was able to start a ppp connection
on my PC from home and even run netscape to access the httpd server
running on this particular Alpha.
We have statically allocated an address for the PC.
Let's say the Alpha has address a.b.c.d
We statically allocated the address a.b.c.f for the PC.
the gateway for the Alpha is normally a.b.c.1
I would however, like to have the Alpha serve as a router for the PC, so
that the PC can connect to the rest of the world.
In reading "ppp_manual_setup" page I came across the following:
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You can use the gated daemon to manage routing, if you are not using the
PPP connection solely to communicate between the two systems making the
connection.
If you plan to use a system as an IP router, it must be configured to allow
the forwarding of IP packets. For more information on setting a system up
as an IP router, see the Network Administration manual and iprsetup(8).
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I asked some friends who claim that this is wrong because they don't
remember having to run gated. (in their case the server was a LINUX machine)
Question for this mailing list:
(1) Is running "gated" necessary for my goal stated above?
(2) What else would I need to do? (iprsetup?)
(3) Can anyone send me an example gated.conf configuration file that
I can edit to put in the real addresses?
I will post a summary.
I apologize if this problem is a well-known one....
Thank you
Charlie Jui
Physics, University of Utah
Received on Thu Apr 09 1998 - 04:05:02 NZST