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I have been trying to setup PPP so that I can login to my service provider
with the linux box then log into the linux box with my macintosh using
macPPP over a direct serial link.  I have gotten this far but the only machine
that you can get to from the macintosh is the linux box and only then if you
type in the IP number.  The Mac eventually fails saying that no DNS answered
the query.  The linux box has no problem telneting or pinging anywhere.
The linux box is using dip to login to the server who allocates an IP number.
The Macintosh is using a ppp account that I set up for it.  I have tried all
the likely sounding solutions that have been posted in the past few weeks but
none have worked.  I tried combinations of 'defaultroute' and the magic number
But have yet to get any improvement.
I am hoping it is something simple like a route command or two that can be
automated with a shell script.

I hope I explained this well enough, it makes me wonder why i'm going to the
trouble...

Russ (Starting to doubt my sanity) Huguley

: I have been trying to setup PPP so that I can login to my service provider
: with the linux box then log into the linux box with my macintosh using
: macPPP over a direct serial link.  I have gotten this far but the only machine
: that you can get to from the macintosh is the linux box and only then if you
: type in the IP number.  The Mac eventually fails saying that no DNS answered
: the query.

Pardon me if this seems like an obvious thing that perhaps you've tried
already, but have you set up MacTCP to recognize the Lin box's IP number?

It's not just that, though; in your MacTCP control panel, you also have
to select the EtherNet icon (and *not* the EtherTalk icon, which is the
default).

Again, I'm sorry if this seems obvious and if you've tried it already, but
that's basically all I had to do to get all the Macs on our LAN connected
to the Lin server (after having run netconfig on the Lin side, of
course)... It's easier, IMHO, to set up a Lin box for EtherNet than it is
to set up a Mac.

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