Hassan Monzavi wrote:
> Hi again;
>
> Thank you for your replies to my question. Here more info about the second
> case I mentioned before.
>
> My computer at home (cowbird, 129.128.112.134) is connected to my computer
> at office (scoter, 129.128.112.62) thru a a modem using ppp. I am allowed
> to change the routing table in these computers, but I can not do that for
> others in domain. The routing table for other computers is something like
> this.
>
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
> 129.128.112.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 1037 eth0
> loopback * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 404 lo
> default 129.128.112.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 1664 eth0
>
> 129.128.112.0 is our net and 129.128.112.1 is our router.
>
> Here is the routing table on the scoter after I ran diald on it (Well I
> guess):
>
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
> 129.128.112.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 1040 eth0
> loopback * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 406 lo
> default 129.128.112.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 1665 eth0
> cowbird.pharmac * 255.255.255.255 UH 1 0 0 sl0
>
> My question is:
>
> Are these enough to let cowbird receive e_mail from outside or in case
> someone say wants to rlogin to cowbird can do that?
A multi-part answer:
1: once connected, cowbird will be proxy-arped to the rest of the LAN
and other machines will see it, but they will _not_ see it to cause a
dial-out if it is not currently connected.
2: referencing cowbird from scoter should cause dial-out. You should
have cowbird in your /etc/hosts file. I presume that scoter is not the
primary DNS server for the LAN.
3: at home on cowbird, do you also have a regular ISP to dial into?
If so, you will need a somewhat more complex diald setup. I have done
this, and can help if needed.
4: I presume you have mgetty set up in /etc/inittab to answer the modem
on both scoter and cowbird.
5: Once connected, you should be able to get to the same POP server from
cowbird that you use from scoter.
6: a route -n from cowbird before, during, and after connection, might be
illuminating if you are having problems getting your mail.
Good luck!
>
>
> Thanks for your time.
>
> ----------------------
> Hassan Monzavi
>
> Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
> University of Alberta
> Edmonton, Alberta
> Canada T6G 2N8
> Office : C8 Pharmacy/Dentistry
> Lab. : 1104 Pharmacy/Dentistry
> Phone : (780)492-0305 Office
> (780)492-6719 Lab.
> Fax : (780)439-5857
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> WWW : http://www.ualberta.ca/~hmonzavi
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