hi ken i m new to linux myself so u need to pardon my rather amatuerish attempt here
i did have problems logging onto my ISP using mandrake 9 and a dialup account and this was mostly due to me installing too many options in the first instance and than not reading the errata on http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/90errata.php3 part of which said ... ".... Error scenario: You have an ethernet card for the local LAN and a modem for internet access and you can't reach the internet. Why: Drakconnect wrongly asks for a gateway, and ppp can't set your modem connection as the default route. Solution: As root, edit /etc/sysconfig/network and manually remove the GATEWAY entry. ..." of cos .. i dunno if that is really ur problem as i m only guessing at ur setup here ... unfortunately i can't help u with the firewall setup in mandrake 9 as i do not use it.. maybe when i get better at this linux thang i'll check it out .. as others before me have stated.. a firewall is probably best served using a dedicated machine ... and this i have done so using smoothwall... of cos .. it is only very very basic .. but it'll do for the time being.. i can't wait until i m good enuff to "roll my own" :)) hope this helps u a bit m -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
