Try one of these options...
First, if you only have your own machine, and are not sharing the connection with any other machines, use "K-->Configuration-->Packaging-->Remove Software to remove Shorewall from your system completely. Your connection should work fine after that...
But I'd like to have a firewall... should I use guarddog? if yes, I hope someone inside MandrakeSoft will remember this bug when making 9.2.
If you are sharing the connection with an other machine, you need Shorewall to enable the sharing. So Try this...
Open the Mandrake Control Center, click on "Security" and select the Firewall entry on the Right-hand side. In the next dialog tick the top box "Everything (no firewall)" and click OK. (Unless you have a static IP and/or sensitive material on your machine, this is enough for you.
I ALREADY have that option set, but, while enogh for the time being, I will need SSH and FTP starting from September.
If you want to "fine-tune_ your firewall rules and policies, I recommend installing Webmin, and using that to set up the firewall. It offers much finer control over the ruleset.
Do I need Shorewall or guarddog installed or not?
One of these procedures should work for you (My system... Mandrake 9.1/KDE3.1 on a Celeron 366, 384 MB, with a second machine sharing via eth0.)
OT: do you use that box for production? is it slow or not? I had (have) a cel400 with sis620 and it was unusable at all (224 MB RAM, voodoo card). It wasn't even able to play divx.
Thanks for your help.
Olaf
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