"Alan N." wrote:
> Richard Bonebrake wrote:
> >
> > I am trying to get my home network working with ip
> > masq. I have this
> > working on my system with win98 and with OS/2 I
> > normally connect with
> > OS/2 and work my Win98 machine through it to my
> > ISP. I do my Palm pilot
> > through my win98 machine to my os2 machine to my
> > isp. I am totally lost
> > with Linux to do this. I have printed out the IP
> > Masq. HOWTO and now
> > know even less then before I read it. Is there a
> > simple program or setup
> > I can use so these 3 machines can connect to my ISp
> > again. I have tried several questions in newbie and gotten no answers. I
> > am by no means an expert and need simple suggestions or directions.
> > Thanks for any help you can give.
>
> Try PMfirewall.. ( find it on freshmeat ).
>
> Run it, install it.. When it asks for machines with unrestricted use put
> the ip in of the machines you wish to masq. It will also later ask you
> if you want ipmasq ( or forwarding enabled. ) answer yes.
>
> This is easy.
>
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If all you want is masquerading, Linux does it with no added exras. Just:
1) Edit /etc/sysconfig/network by changing "FORWARD_IPV4=NO" to
"FORWARD_IPV4=YES"
2) In a shell (console) type:
ipchains -P forward DENY
ipchains -A forward -i ppp0 -j MASQ
Add these 2 lines to /etc/rc.d/rc.local unless you want type them every time
you restart Linux!
3) Type into your console:
/etc/rc.d/init.d/network restart
and you're off and running...
