On Wed, Oct 10, 2001 at 01:05:00PM -0400, Bbmillerr@aol.com wrote:
> I am using modemd as a dialup server into my NetBSD box.  The machine I am 
> dialing has an IP address of 203.60.55.195 on my local LAN.  I have been able 
> to get modemd to answer the phone without any problems.  However, I am trying 
> to access my httpd server over the phone line just as if it was attached to 
> my LAN using a browser.  This I have not been able to do.  My settings are as 
> follows:
> 
> * My hosts file is:
> 
> 127.0.0.1           localhost
> 203.60.55.195   bsdtest
> 
> * In my ttys file I have added the line:
> 
> tty00   "/usr/pkg/sbin/modemd cashsafe "  unknown on rtscts
> 
> *  My modemcap file is:
> 
> cashsafe:br#57600:bt#8:hf:is=AT:pp=/usr/sbin/pppd auth -chap +pap
> 
> * My pppd options file is:
> 
> passive
> silent
> lock
> proxyarp
> crtscts
> modem
> -detach
> netmask 255.255.255.0
> 
> *  My options.tty00 file is:
> 
> 203.60.55.195:203.60.56.150
> 
> 
> I am very confused on these settings in my files listed above.  If I point my 
> browser to http://203.60.55.195 then I get access to my httpd server without 
> any problems over my LAN.  However, when I dialup my NetBSD box and modemd 
> answers I cannot seem to have access to anything with my browser.  What will 
> the IP address be when I dial-in to my box.  It can't be 203.60.55.195 
> because that is the address of the box over my LAN.  I know I need a new IP 
> address but I don't know how to get to that point.  It seems my IP settings 
> are wrong or I don't understand what I need to do.  Can anyone help with this 
> and these settings?

No, you can have the same address on the LAN and the ppp interface.
However it's possible that the kernel already has a route to 203.60.56.150
via the LAN. 'netstat -rn' should tell you that.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
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