Hassan Monzavi wrote:
> Hi;
>
> I have found diald very useful and fascinating. I have a question for you about
> it. Unfortunatly, I am not sure if it is not a stupid one.
>
> Assume we have two computers; scoter (129.128.112.62) which is connected to the
> LAN through an Ethernet card, and cowbird (129.128.112.134) which is connected
> to the LAN through a ppp link to scoter using a modem.
>
> If I run diald on the server (scoter),
>
> Q1: Does it mean each time scoter need to access cowbird (say sending a mail for
> somebody at cowbird), scoter will dial the cowbird?
If not already connected, yes. BUT you will need to NOT use defaultroute
in /etc/diald.conf. If you are also using diald at scoter to access the Internet
through another number, the setup gets somewhat more compicated. One
modem or two at scoter?
>
>
> Q2: Is this also can trick the other computers on the domain? I mean they
> believe that cowbird is on line and they can access it on demand.
Yes. The defaults given with diald tell pppd to do a proxyarp for the connection.
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Hassan
>
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