You want a package called ppptcp - it allows you to run ppp connections over tcp/ip, with some optional encryption stuff. It's not in debian afaik, but should be available on sunsite.
Stephen Carpenter wrote: > Ok...I got a bright idea earlier.... > I have a linux machine at work (where we don't really have linux > machines...its one of the > 3 that I know of in existance on our entire network (of at least 10 000 > users) ) > Anyway...mine is on DHCP like most of the network and a new one which > was setup > is also on DHCP (mostly because im a tech and he is at the helpdesk and > neither of us > can justify why we need network engineering to give us static IPs) > One of the Linux machines I know of has a static IP (this guy is some > important doctor > and I am sure I coul dget him to let me use his linux machine or one of > his slowaris runnin sun stations > if I asked ) > Here was my idea: > I want my machine and my friend at the helpdesks computer to be able to > communicate > (maybe even share soem NFS mounts ;) ) > The problem is we are on DHCP...dynamic adressing which seems to change > at least every few days > My idea was ...can I setup a "virtual network" layered on top of our > ethernet / TCP/IP network? > My idea was to use netcat and pppd to make a ppp connection through a > tcp/ip socket... > then assign my own Private IP adresses (10.*) to the ends of the ppp > connection > then I could have the machine with the static IP as a central hub for > the other 2 systems to connect too > thus the other two machines could have "Static IPs" for talking to > eachother > ok...I know there must be a better way to do this...I think its called > tunneling?? > and I believe there is some kernel level support fo rit... > I wanted to find a way to do it my way... > the idea was this: > use netcat on both systems to open the equivalent of a "pipe" and then > attach pppd to it > I tried this on the local machine...maybe someone can say why this setup > didn't work > first I made 4 named fifos's > in1 out1 in2 out2 > then > cat in1 | nc -l -p 1555 | cat out1 > cat in2 | nc 127.0.0.1 1555 | cat out2 > ...both connected....and netstat showed a conenction between the two > then I tried this... > I cated a file into in1 > then I did "cat out2" on another VT > nothing came out... I would have thought the end result would have > been... > data in -> in1 -> nc -> tcpIP -> nc -> out2 -> data out > any ideas why did didn't work > (suffice it to say "pppd <out1 >in1" and the same for in2 and out2 ... > they didn't connect.... > any ideas? (and yes I know this is a stupid way to do it but.... > I would think it should work! ) > -Steve > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
