[ale] ppp from Windows95 to Linux -- FIXED (almost)

[Christopher Fowler]

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> Well, it finally works.  It turns out that all that was needed was for me 
> to add the proxy arp entry using arp -s and add a route entry to forward 
> packets received to the ppp interface.  I did this unsuccessfully many 
> times this afternoon, but it works now.  In my hacking I noticed that the 
> MAC address corresponding to my ppp machine's IP address was unfamiliar 
> this afternoon - I think what's happening is that somebody is using my IP 
> address, and now (after hours) they're gone and this works.  I'll spend 
> tomorrow hunting them down and flogging them :-).
> 
> Thanks again for all the help.  Hopefully, this will be the last 
> message about this topic...
> 
> - Al
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> On Tue, 13 Aug 1996, Alfred Grahame Leach wrote:
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Why must one use arp?  Does the new kernels i.3.85 and above not do it for you?
This is a majot problem I had with dip.

Thanks,
Christopher Fowler
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