On Fri, 28 Jun 1996, I presume I need no introduction. wrote:

> 1.  I have two machines networked with each other via ethernet.  One of the
> 	machines talks PPP out a serial port to connect to the Interknot...um,
> 	internet.
> 
> 	What do I need to do to enable both hosts to route packets out the
> 	PPP link?
> 
> 	Machine A (ether, ppp) has the following routing table:
> 
> Destination      Gateway            Flags     Refs     Use    Mtu  Interface
> default          otherendofppp      UG          2     6538      -  ppp0
> localhost        localhost          UH          1      199      -  lo0
> otherendofppp    thisendofppp       UH          1        0      -  ppp0
> starwolf-net     link#1             UC          0        0      -  le0
> machine-A        localhost          UGHS       14   603546      -  lo0
> machine-B        8:0:20:2:d3:f6     UHL         5    24537      -  le0
> 
> 	Machine B (ether only) has the following routing table:
> 
> Destination      Gateway            Flags     Refs     Use    Mtu  Interface
> localhost        localhost          UH          1      338      -  lo0
> thisendofppp     machine-A          UGHS        0       13      -  le0
> starwolf-net     link#1             UC          0        0      -  le0
> machine-A        8:0:20:d:60:67     UHL         8     3815      -  le0
> machine-B        localhost          UGHS        1       44      -  lo0
> starwolf-broadca link#1             UHL         1       30      -  le0
> 
> 	No matter what I do, machine B can't see otherendofppp to save its
> 	life.
> 
> 2.	I know I've been kind of silly on newsgroups thinking I know more
> 	than I do.  Please don't blow me off -- I'm neither abusive nor
> 	completely clueless.
> 
> 
> 				--*greywolf;
> --
> Organized Religion (OR g@ nizd  re LIJ @n) n.  A "morally aligned" elite
> consisting of people who want to change everyone else's world to be like
> their own.  See "Wrong Answer, The".
> 
What I have is a defaultroute on Machine B pointing to Machine A (/etc/mygate
has Machine A's ip-address). All none local traffic will then pass 
Machine A. Machine A need GATEWAY enabled.

-moj

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Mats O Jansson, CelsiusTech Systems, Jaerfaella, Sweden
email: maja@celsiustech.se (or moj@stacken.kth.se)