Ye all Linux Wizzards. plunging around some time with debian (at the moment 2.4.18 kernel) I am trying to set up a linux box as a gateway.
Reading lots of documentation I can't figure out what is the best choice building this gateway. What I have: Ethernet network as a local home network. The linux box has (of course) one ethernet interface (eth0) and one cablemodem, connected to com1 (This is acting as a dialup modem!!!! ppp0) What I want: is a connection that builds a connection to the internet as soon as one of the networkboxes has an "internetquestion" and brings it down again after some idletime (not because of the costs but merely as a part of securing the system. Not connected is not vulnerable, isn't it?! The system is Debian. The ppp0 connection (pon provider) works fine. I am configuring iptables. What is the best way to manage the ppp-link. Use diald?? pon won't do the trick because my provider serves me a dynamic IP-number, so 'persist' and 'idle' in /etc/ppp/peers/provider won't work properly anymore after switching IP's. And what are the things to configure in diald to do the trick? Thanx anyway in advance, Frank. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
