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Hi there:

  I have a FreeBSD 4.4 and a WindowsME machines connected though
ethernet. The WindowsME is connected to the Internet through phone
line, and my FreeBSD box can access Internet through Windows box.

  I have inetd enabled, and ftp, ftpd, telnet, telnetd were
uncommented in inetd.conf. BSD box had address 192.168.0.2, and
Windose has 192.168.0.1. The problem is that whenever I try to do
telnet or ftp from one to the other, I always get the "connection
refused" message. I do ifconfig dc0 inet, I get 192.168.0.2 or
similar, and I can't telnet or ftp to it.

  In the past when I used FreeBSD 3.4, and I do ifconfig, I can always
telnet to my own box through the address given by ifconfig.

  What seems to be the problem here? Can anyone please help?

  Thanks a whole bunch!

vector sigma

Quote:>  Hi there:

>    I have a FreeBSD 4.4 and a WindowsME machines connected though
>  ethernet. The WindowsME is connected to the Internet through phone
>  line, and my FreeBSD box can access Internet through Windows box.

I would do the opposite. Simply dial in with BSD using the -alias
switch (if you even have to do that with 4.4), set GATEWAY=YES in
rc.conf and turn on NATD. You'll also need a cross-over cable if your going
card to card. Set the ME gateway to point to your BSD box.

While your testing connectivity, bring up
your command window and leave a ping -t going. Forget telneting, timeouts
take tooooo long.

HTH

Hi,

Continued.....
With the ppp option -demand you can also turn on on-demand dialing.
When you've setup the proposed architecture (FreeBSD = dialup server,
WinME = WWW Client), this setup is very handy. There is a good
description on how to set this up on:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/ppp-primer/index.html

In general you'll need to setup the following things:
1. /etc/rc.conf adjustments
2. /etc/ppp/ppp.conf setup
3. /etc/ppp/ppp.linkup setup
4. /etc/ppp/ppp.linkdown setup (mandatory).
When done, also check out firewalling with use of ipf or ipfw. Read
the FreeBSD handbook ! Regarding telnet: also check /etc/hosts.allow
for specs since you're connection is refused.

Greetz,

Rick