> > At 09:38 AM 11/22/97 +0000, Chuma Agbodike wrote: > >Do diald and ipmasquerading serve the same purpose ? > >Or do I have to use both ? I have a 3 node ethernet lan. > >The all had windows on them. Now I installed Linux 2.0.29 (debian 1.3) > >on the unit that has the modem on it. And would like the other units > >to access the internet via the modem on LINUX unit. > >So I have diald running on the linux. The windows node have the > >linux unit as their gateway. But if I ping an IP diald doesn't dial.
You cannot ping an IP. You have to ping an address that must be looked up like: server.no.where.net Otherwise diald assumes that the ip in on your local net and no dial is nessasary. I have basically the same setup as you do, so give me a ring if you need help. -Brian > > > >What next ? > > > As you suspect you need to recompile the kernel with ip masquerading. You > will also want to add ipfwadm rules. > > Good luck > > Joe. > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > -- Brian Rectanus Kansas State University Computing and Informational Sciences Multimedia/Web Programmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cis.ksu.edu/~trojan -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .