[ale] question

[JB Wells]

worked like a charm.  thanks for the help.

jb
--- Michael Mealling <michael at bailey.dscga.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 06, 2001 at 11:32:48AM -0800, JB Wells
> wrote:
> > If I set the server's IP to the target address,
> will
> > the client try to do a search for that IP on my
> local
> > network first or go straight for the PPP
> connection? 
> 
> It depends on your network mask. My suggestion
> assumes
> you have a spare network card in the machine that's
> making
> the dialup connection. Configure that machine to 
> have its internal ethernet card to be part of that
> same
> network. Then if the Window's stack you're using is
> worth a damn it will send the correct packets out of
> the correct interface...
> 
> > It's necessary to start the PPP connection because
> the
> > windows program is bound to it on installation and
> > waits to detect the connection before attempting
> to
> > communicate with the server.
> 
> Should be no problem. Here are the steps:
> 
> 1) install the ethernet card in the PC and configure
> it to think its part of the same network that the
> target
> IP address is.
> 
> 2) configure your server to think its also part of
> this same
> network and set its IP address to the target address
> 
> 3) startup your PPP session. The IP stack should
> look at its
> available networks and send these packets to your
> server 
> instead of out the dialup connection...
> 
> -MM
> 
> -- 
>
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John B. Wells IV
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