On Fri, 13 Nov 1998, Clifford Kite wrote:

> Everything you posted looked good to me.  The things not mentioned include
> * IP forwarding compiled into the kernel - don't know how to on check this.
> * IP forwarding turned on - this is checked with
>     cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward

indeed, ip forwarding was turned off (/etc/sysconfig/network had
FORWARD_IPV4=false). after changing that to true, all went well...
i read the ppp docs quite a few times - either that needs to be added to
them, or i just scanned right over it...

in any case, thank you so so much.
phil.

> to see if there is a "1" there.  There can be a "1" without IP forwarding
> actually compiled into the kernel, both are necessary.
> 
> 
> Ciao
> 
> On Fri, 13 Nov 1998, Philip J Grabner wrote:
> 
> |
> |i am having trouble getting ppp to work on the server side of a PPP
> |link. i was hoping you would be able to help me...
> | 
> |situation:
> | 
> |i make a ppp link from a win95 box to the linux server. i have static a
> |ip address. before upgrading to redhat 5.1 (and hence to ppp 2.3.3 from
> |2.2.0) everything worked very well. now, the "proxyarp" no longer works:
> |
> |i can make a link between client and server, talk between them, but
> |not between the client and another computer on the local network:
> 
> ---
> Clifford Kite                                               Not a guru. (tm)
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