At 09:17 PM 4/30/1998 -0400, Dave Wreski wrote:
>> >I assume that the recent 2.0 series of kernels (the one supplied with
RH 5)
>> >support IP Masquerade? I don't need to move to a 2.1 series kernel? What
>> does
>>
>> Nope. They only have the bare necessities in there to run your system. The
>> normal thing to do is to recompile a new kernel after your finished a fresh
>> install, to include drivers for your own hardware, add in patchs to fix
>> exploits, etc...
>
>No, this is not good advise. We need to produce commodity software here.
>People can't possibly be expected to recompile their kernel every time.
>Unless there is a specific need, it should not be necessary. Wait for the
>next vendor release. It won't make your system faster, use less memory,
>etc..
I'm sorry but I disagree with you on this.
Most of the hardware out there is not inherently supported -out of the box-
and needs a kernel compiled in order to use it. Or to use it properly.
Modules can sometimes fail on some devices, to detect where it's resources
really are. Try using a module on an ISA Ne2000 card and you'll see what I
mean.
>
>> Please don't ask me to explain what this all means. Go read the
>> kernel-howto and the lilo-howto and the ip-masq-mini-howto. It's all right
>> on those documents.
>
>I'm sorry, this is also bad advise. Why bother to type in all that
>information, then preface it with 'please read the docs'. Point the user
>in the direction of the documentation, and _then_ explain any problems if
>necessary. That's why its there.
I had told him in my last message to read the IP-Masq howto, which is where
he could found the answer to his question "What do these settings do
specifically?". Don't get me wrong, I had no problem helping him with it
further (obviously), but he really should have gone and read it.
As for giving him all that info on howto recompile a kernel, that was to
give a good idea on how it is done. But, it would have I'm sure taken me
hours to go through and explain every little detail on each move I made.
There is no point in that when the documentation explains it.
>
>Especially for a new user. Nothing is more of a turn-off than to be
>forced into doing what will amount to hours of work just to get something
>simple done, and unecessarily. Additionally, the user will only come back
>here when he follows your directions, and something goes wrong.
Again I disagree. Unless you can tell me howto setup ip masquerading
without recompiling a kernel?
Dan
>
> Dave
>
>
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