From: James Cameron <james.cameron@hp.com>
To: linux-ppp@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: How to fix continuous ConfReq's on celluar internet connection
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 05:09:15 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080811050915.GF6024@hp.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <489F746B.3040002@123mail.org>
On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 12:03:58AM -0500, Marshall Crocker wrote:
> What comes up are packets from a host in my local network getting sent
> out over ppp! Every time a packet with the source from my internal
> network gets sent over ppp, the connection reconfigures. You were
> exactly right!
Fantastic. It suggests the mobile telephone networks probably use the
same software in their NAT implementations ... hey, it might even be a
feature.
> I guess its time to learn....
Yes, just block the packets that aren't from the source IP that pppd
assigns to the link.
--
James Cameron http://quozl.netrek.org/
HP Open Source, Volunteer http://opensource.hp.com/
PPTP Client Project, Release Engineer http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-08-11 5:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-08-10 23:06 How to fix continuous ConfReq's on celluar internet connection Marshall Crocker
2008-08-10 23:11 ` James Cameron
2008-08-10 23:21 ` James Cameron
2008-08-10 23:28 ` Marshall Crocker
2008-08-11 0:04 ` Marshall Crocker
2008-08-11 0:06 ` Bill Unruh
2008-08-11 5:03 ` Marshall Crocker
2008-08-11 5:09 ` James Cameron [this message]
2008-08-11 5:36 ` Marshall Crocker
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