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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