Jeremy said: > (At least this is what I generally see it referring to) > Network Address Translation, commonly seen in home/small office type > broadband router/switches [e.g. Linksys, Dlink, Netgear, Belkin > products], it allows multiple (usually private) IP address to masquerade > as a single (usually public) IP address by mapping the outgoing/incoming > ports to appropriate computer.
> As for the actual problem, I have no idea, been far too many years since > I setup dialup, so all I remember is once connected, authentication had > to occur to allow general IP traffic.> Does this mean it is not used in direct dial-up connection (local client to ISP server), but only to connect through a network (local client to local server, local server to ISP server) ? If yes, I cannot help,for I never tried this. I use, however, DOSPPP almost daily to connect to my ISP and did configure a dial-up a few weeks ago. DOSPPP does authenticate with my ISP without any problem. Arachne,however, did not work for me. Regards JAS ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=103432&bid=230486&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user