> I will get the hang of this one day.
I know the feeling - BOY, do I know the feeling !!
> ipchains -P forward DENY
> ipchains -A forward -s 192.168.26.0/24 -j MASQ
Except for numbers, this works on my system.
> cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
> i get a 0, not the 1 that I need.
You need to do;
echo '1' > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
to activate forwarding.
> hmmm...now how do I start ipchains or ipforwarding now at boot time?
Dump Deadrat, and switch to SuSE !!..:-)
Seriously, the firewall in SuSE is pretty damn good when you get it
working (so many combinations, so little time !!)
IMaybe someone else can point you in the right direction as to this
last bit...
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Jon
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