Re: PPP connection

["Scott M. Stone" <sstone@example.com>]

On Tue, 26 Dec 2000, Viktor Pavlenko wrote:

> I connect from my Palm Pilot to a linux box with PPP (through serial
> port). I can do telnet, connect to the local HTTP server. However,
> palm can't see anything on the network that the linux machine is
> on. That's, obviously, the way it is with PPP, isn't it?
> 
> I wonder if I can set things up so that I can access other machines on
> the network as well as the Internet. (Is IP Masquerading for this?
> Sorry if it sounds stupid, I've no idea what it is :)
> 
> So basically the question is: if I connect to a machine with PPP, can
> I see other machines on the network?

echo "proxyarp" >> /etc/ppp/options

try that :)

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Scott M. Stone, CCNA <sstone@example.com>
UNIX Systems and Network Engineer
Taos - The SysAdmin Company