Jason Davies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have two Debian boxes and I want one to act as a proxy server for
> the other. I have done this before using mandrake on the
> proxy/gateway machine but I'm not sure how to do it now that I've
> installed Debian. What configuration do I need to change? They both
> ping each other fine, but one can't access external addresses
> through the other.
You've to set up IP Masquerading. Have a look at the IP Masquerading
Howto and the ipchains (Linux 2.2)/iptables (Linux 2.4)
documentation. Basically, you just have to set up some rules and tell
the one host that the other one is it's gateway (via
/etc/network/interfaces)...
hth,
moritz
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