On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, Andrei D. Caraman wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 13, 1999 at 08:47:27AM -0500, Brad Stevenson wrote: > > > Linux box will be given a dynamic IP address from the ISP when > > it connects, so it will also have act as a proxy server. In > > the future (when my son decides he needs a computer too), I > > would like to be able to add new computers to this small home > > network and have the linux box do the same for these machines > > as well. > > I would run a http proxy such as squid instead of masquerading. > Masquerading (also known as NAT) can be tough to configure if > you're not too familiar with firewalls on Linux. Besides, > caching may prove to be quite useful for your home network. It is not that problematic. You just recompile the kernel with the options mentioned in the IP-Masquarade mini-HOWTO, install it, reboot, then install the ipmasq package, and answer the questions if there are still any, although I seem to remember seeing something like no questions or automatic install in its changelog :-) . Maybe you need to enable the input rule for the local network in the offline setup, but really that's all tweaking. :) That's all about you need to know about installing IP masquerading. :-) Probably ipchains is similar if you have kernel 2.2.x Robert Varga
