Subject: Re: Question about IP-NAT
To: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@loki.stanford.edu>
From: Colin Wood <cwood@ichips.intel.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 02/19/1998 13:25:59
Bill Studenmund wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Feb 1998, Colin Wood wrote:
> 
> > Do you have "options 	GATEWAY" in your kernel config?  (I think that
> > GENERIC does, but I'm not sure).  Generally, I hardwire my gateway address
> > and netmask in the OT configuration dialog since I know that they are not
> > going to change.  Is pppd capable of sending routing and netmask info in
> > and of itself?
> 
> Uhm, since PPP is a point2point protocol, shouldn't the netmask always be
> 255.255.255.255?

That seems to make sense.  I don't actually use PPP to connect my home
LAN, tho, so I was just grasping at straws on this one.

Later.

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Colin Wood                                 cwood@ichips.intel.com
Component Design Engineer - MD6                 Intel Corporation
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