PPP Connections

[Peter T. Corgan]

Hello Everyone,

I have read so much information I think I am getting
myself confused. My goal is to connect a PC in one of
our branches to the corporate server in another county.
Because it is a long distance call, the PC is going to
call a computer (SCO box) in our second branch, which
will have a connection to the main server at our
corporate office.

The PC in branch one O/S is Windows98.
The SCO box in branch two O/S is SCO Unix 5.05...
The SCO box at corporate is SCO Unix 5.05...

Do I configure the SCO box in branch two as a Gateway?
Do I create IP addresses to be on the same network? Or
Do I create routes?
The staff in branch two has no computer experience at all.
What would be the simplest way to make the connection
from branch two to the corporate server?

I thank you in advance for any feedback that you can give
me. I have allot to do any no time to do it...

THANKS!!! Pete Corgan

[Roberto Zini]

Well, unless you're using some sort of 'Proxy ARP' (detailed
in the 'SCO OpenServer Networking Guide' manual), it's better
to have the SCO box in branch two acting as a gateway (configure
it by using the 'netconfig' interface). Next, configure an
incoming PPP connection by either using SCO PPP or MorningStar
PPP and assign a different network ID to this network (eg,
Win98=192.168.0.1 <-PPP-> SCO OS5=192.168.0.2); the same OS5
box could have a LAN connection to a router BUT with a
different network ID (eg, SCO OS5=192.168.1.1 <-LAN-> Router=
129.168.1.2).

For additional info see Tony Lawrence's web site at

http://www.aplawrence.com

Best,
Roberto
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