Confusion in the ppp chapter.

[Tom Rhodes]

On Mon, 2 Jun 2003 23:54:02 +0100
Ceri Davies <ceri at freebsd.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 02, 2003 at 03:48:31PM -0400, Tom Rhodes wrote:
> > Gang,
> > 
> > Permit me to quote the user-ppp section real quick here:
> > 
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > 18.2.1.2.3 Receiving Incoming Calls
> > 
> > When you configure ppp to receive incoming calls on a machine connected to a
> > LAN, you must decide if you wish to forward packets to the LAN. If you do,
> > you should allocate the peer an IP number from your LAN's subnet, and use the
> > command enable proxy in your /etc/ppp/ppp.conf file. You should also confirm
> > that the /etc/rc.conf file contains the following:
> > 
> > gateway_enable="YES"
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > 
> > Now, when I think of 'Receiving Incoming Calls,' I think of software which
> > informs me of when I get a call while I'm connected through PPP.  However,
> > here it sounds like they are discussing whether or not you want 'packets'
> > forwarded to the LAN.
> 
> Tom,
> 
> It's not what you were thinking.
> 
> It's referring to ppp's ability to answer incoming calls for a login session
> (i.e., if I want to dial into a machine to fix it).  The question is just
> referring to the case where you may also want to allow someone connected this
> way to access other machines on the LAN (as opposed to only the machine that
> they have dialled in to).
> 
> Hope that makes sense now.
> 

See, I did read it like that, but the title for that paragraph bothers
me.  For some reason, it drives me nuts.  I was thinking of just rewording
the title, or checking to see whether or not it could be moved to
another area.  What do you think?

--
Tom Rhodes