The configuration for it is in: /etc/Bastille There is a utility to set it up. I dont remember the name, look in /sbin I think it is there. There is also a "graphic" utility. As for turning it on or off, there is a script in /etc/rc.d/init.d just for that. I suggest you try turning it off, try to see if you can have connectivity between the 2 machines and turn it back on. If you can not ping with the firewall being inactive then you have a hardware problem. Try: ifconfig -a to see your network cards check up "iptables" man page for more understanding of how the firewall is implemented. Gerard Perreault [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Monday 20 August 2001 16:18, Alan wrote: > This is an odd problem. The on-site docs seem to be less than useful. (Too > much time spent with remedial firewall instruction and too little telling > where the damn config scripts live.) > > Note: This is at a friend's house that is about 45 miles away. Not easy to > get to, so some details may be from memory. > > there are two machines. Both have ethernet cards. (Tulip driver.) One has > a modem. The dial-out script works fine. > > Using the "connection sharing" setup to connect out. (Probably my first > mistake.) > > I changed the Bastille firewall to view the second machine as "trusted". > > The second machine cannot route to the first UNTIL the gateway box > initiates a connection to the second machine. > > If I ping from the second machine to the gateway, I get "no route to host" > messages. > > If I ping from the gateway to the second machine, i get LONG pauses and > absurdly slow ping times until things "wake up" and pings speed up. > > After this, routing works, but everything is slow with much dropped > packets. > > Here are my questions: > > In the standard install of Mandrake 8.0 (power pack disc set), which > firewall setup takes precidence and where is it configured? > > Why am i unable to route to the gateway box and how do I fix it? (Route > tables look fine. This looks like a firewall issue.) > > Why are pings being occasionally dropped? (I have seen this once before > with IPChains on another server. I did not have the time to investigate > when it was noticed.) > > Ideas? Suggestions? Remedies? ---------------------------------------- Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; name="message.footer" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: ---------------------------------------- --
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