[H-GEN] Routing

[Ben Carlyle]

(Note reply-to: being general at humbug.org.au vs Ben Carlyle <benc at foxboro.com.au>)

Josh,
In addition to using proxyarp, check that IPv4 forwarding is
turned on.  It is off by default in at least one popular
distribution.  There is a /proc/net entry for it, and there is
probably an option living in /etc or /etc/init.d to turn it on
and off in your own dist.

If you want to turn this particular option on and off manually,
you can echo 1s or 0s into the proc file.


benjamin.
(with apologies for the terse nature of this mail
 due to an arm and wrist fracture... :)

Marshall, Joshua wrote:

> Just use the "proxyarp" option in the PPPD config at the server end.
> Your PPP server will send fake ARP responses on behalf of the PPP
> client, making it appear to be on the LAN.

> I've got that setting in my config.  The message log reports it using
> the correct ethernet device as well.  But the remote computer is only
> accessible to the server, and vice-versa.  No other computers on the lan
> can see it.  If I set up IP Masquerading, this will get it to work, but
> the IP address is then the IP of the pppd server and there is an
> inactivity timeout on all the connections.

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