Hi, [first post]
I'm having some interesting problems when trying to upgrade my kernel from 2.4.8 (which comes with Mandrake 8.1) to 2.4.13: - It seems that the version of iptables has changed from 1.2.2 to 1.2.4 - this required installing a new set of the userland applications (from http://netfilter.samba.org/iptables-1.2.4.bz2), and tweaking the rc.firewall* script to support both versions, depending on the kernel being booted (script available upon request). - Now, this machine is a firewall/proxy connected to the Internet via an Alcatel ADSL modem, using pptp, with another ethernet card connected to the LAN. Under 2.4.8, everything works fine (bravo to the Mandrake folks for the clean installation tools!). - But, with the new kernel, either (1) the boot process notifies "failure" on starting the internet service, and then hangs between the last level 5 script and rc.local, requiring a hardware reboot (ouch! - I'll compile the next kernel with MAGIC_SYSREQ, at least), or (2) if I enter interactive, and skip the internet service, the boot completes, but I cannot 'ping' the ADSL modem - I get 'network unreachable', although the route table and ifconfig output are the same for both kernels. Does this ring a bell for anyone? Any ideas? I've gone over the configuration files over and over again, but couldn't find anything that seems relevant. Thanks, Rony mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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