I'd suggest getting linux-2.2.3 and the ipchains package. Although its
certainly do doable with 2.0 kernels, its made much much easier with
ipchains. I'll send you my Kernel config and ipchains config when I get
home. I'm at work atm:).
-Donald Thompson
On Thu, 18 Mar 1999, tony so wrote:
> Greetings all, I am a newbie to Linux and an even newbier to the group:
>
> I am setting up a linux box to act as a gateway to the
> internet for a private LAN (nothing new here). But, I
> am having problems getting it to work and don't know
> where to go next. My most recent problem:
>
> I can't get the LAN computers to ping anything beyond
> the linux box.
>
> Current status:
> o Linux box has a local IP address on the LAN.
> o Linux box successfully connects to Internet via
> dial-up using pppd.
> (has an IP dynamically assigned, ISP has static)
> o LAN box can ping Linux.
> o LAN can ping Linux IP from ISP.
> o Linux can ping world.
>
> What's been done (I've been using RedHat Linux Secrets 2nd Edition for
> most of this, HOWTOs for the rest):
> On the Linux box:
> - IP forwarding and masquerading have been turned ON
> via make config. (i have maybe 85-90% confidence
> that this portion was done correctly)
> - route add default gw "ISP's address"
> - ipfwadm to setup forwarding for my LAN
> - /etc/hosts.allow setup for my LAN
>
> On the LAN side:
> - Set the Linux box's local IP address as the Gateway.
>
> Acording to all the documentation that I've found so far, it seems
> like things should be working. I am at a lost and getting frustrated.
>
> thanks for any and all help
> tony so aka. linux newbie
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