It's my main box which I using so, Coyote and E-smith would be out the questions. I don't want to take up to much power. I'll be using the other box (Boyle) if my wife needs to use the computer I can be online. So it would only be on and online in those rare instances.
Thanks though, Tim On Sunday 07 July 2002 23:46, you wrote: > Take a look at Coyote and at E-smith. Both are pretty much turn-key > gateway IP-Masw systems. > > Regards, Jim > > Timothy Bolz wrote: > > I've been learning a lot about networking by reading a bunch about > > networking and found there is more than I thought. > > > > I've got one computer which is called Tesla which uses a modem to connect > > to the internet. I have the other computer which is called Boyle which > > is connected to Tesla with cat5 and a hub. I am able to SSH into each > > machine. I am not able to use Mozilla to cruise the web from Boyle. I > > read about IP chains and IP Masquerading and thought this would work. So > > I went. to freshmeat and found a nice firewall soulution called defcon4. > > I thought this would allow me to get Boyle connected to the internet. It > > hasn't and I don't know why. > > > > I have the nameservers in /etc/resolv.conf > > > > And I thave this in /etc/network/interfaces > > > > iface lo inet loopback > > > > iface eth0 inet static > > address 192.168.0.2 # for Tesla the same line is 192.168.0.1 > > netmask 255.255.255.0 > > > > In /etc/host I have > > 127.0.0.1 tesla localhost > > 192.168.0.1 tesla > > 192.168.0.2 progeny # which is actual Boyle > > > > In /etc/hosts.allow > > leafnode: 127.0.0.1 > > ALL: LOCAL > > > > In /etc/host.deny > > ALL: PARANOID > > leafnode:ALL > > > > I'm sure something is messed up in one of these file's. If I understood > > how to get dhcp up an running I'd try that. I installed dhcp with > > apt-get install dhcp and I would have to edit a file which I didn't know > > where to start. I even tried dhcpcd and this didn't work either. I > > think I'm going back to a static address for now. At least I know they > > talked to each other. > > > > I don't care if it's dhcp or a static IP address all I want to do is have > > Boyle be able to access the internet. > > > > I done lots of reading but to no avail. I hope someone can help me out. > > > > Thanks Tim
