On Fri, Nov 01, 2002 at 08:09:19PM +0100, lacostej wrote: > Hi, > > We are having trouble to set up NAT on a server to act as gateway to a > private home network. Tricky, eh. It is a FAQ. > I've done so on other machines, but each time compiled my own kernel. > This time we tried to use Debian's. I.e. kernel-image-2.4.18-586tsc > as distributed in woody 3.0 images. ... > Did we get something wrong? Yes. > Is the comment stating to check /proc/net/ip_masq still valid > regarding kernel 2.4.x? Should be. (Sorry, I did not read your message) > Do we have to compile our own kernel, or is there something we can do to > correct the state. No.
Here is your answer: The new Debian 2.4 kernels provided by kernel-image-2.4.NN are very modularized. You have to make sure those modules are activated to make the kernel function as you intend. http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-kernel.en.html#s-kernel-net Cheers. -- ~\^o^/~~~ ~\^.^/~~~ ~\^*^/~~~ ~\^_^/~~~ ~\^+^/~~~ ~\^:^/~~~ ~\^v^/~~~ +++++ Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cupertino CA USA, GPG-key: A8061F32 .''`. Debian Reference: post-installation user's guide for non-developers : :' : http://qref.sf.net and http://people.debian.org/~osamu `. `' "Our Priorities are Our Users and Free Software" --- Social Contract -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]