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>>>>> "Sebastian" == Sebastian Fritsch <s.fritsch@usa.net> writes:

    Sebastian> Hello, I know this is offtopic in this list, but here
    Sebastian> are the persons that can help me.

    Sebastian> My PPP connection (incoming) works, and I get the
    Sebastian> following command:

    Sebastian> Jul 22 18:07:22 linus pppd[9928]: local IP address
    Sebastian> 192.168.1.1 Jul 22 18:07:22 linus pppd[9928]: remote IP
    Sebastian> address 192.168.1.3

    Sebastian> Fact is: local IP (192.168.1.1) is the dialed in
    Sebastian> computer, remote IP (192.168.1.3) is the computer that
    Sebastian> dials in.

    Sebastian> My question is: I want to gate from my local network to
    Sebastian> the internet, are these to IP adresses important for
    Sebastian> such a connection (outgoing) ?

What you need to do is set up some sort of gateway.  If you only have
a single IP address allocated to you by your ISP, then you need to
implement an IP masquerading firewall.  If you are running Linux, this 
is easy to do.

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