Derek Sivers wrote :
> Just installing Mandrake (7) for my first time.
>
> At setup it asks if we want dial-up-modem networking **or** LAN networking.
>
> What if we want both?
> Which should I choose?
>
> (I've been running SuSE Linux fine for a year with a modem to connect to
> the web, and an Ethernet to connect to the other computers in the office.)
>
> In fact, I'd like to make the Mandrake 7 computer do IP forwarding /
> Masquerading to be the only computer in the office that dials in to our
> local ISP - with the 4 Windows computers using it for internet access.
>
> So - that being said - can someone please please tell me which options to
> choose at Mandrake 7 setup??
>
>
> (I tried LAN only, and it doesn't seem to connect to our ISP.)
>
>
> THANKS!!
>
> Derek Sivers
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
If you can't have your modem running, choose to configure the dial-up network
during the installation and set up your LAN devices later, with linuxconf.
To help your with your masquerading configuration, read the IP-masquerade howto
and the ipchains howto
